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Colonel House : a biography of Woodrow Wilson's silent partner /

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Main Authors: Neu, Charles E
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
House, Edward Mandell, > 1858-1938
Wilson, Woodrow, > 1856-1924 > Friends and associates
Treaty of Versailles > 1919 June 28
Statesmen > United States > Biography
World War, 1914-1918 > Peace
United States > Foreign relations > 1913-1921
United States > Politics and government > 1913-1921
Carrier Form: xiv, 609 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 637-656) and index.
ISBN: 9780195045505 (acid-free paper) :
0195045505 (acid-free paper)
Index Number: E748
CLC: K837.127
Call Number: K837.127/H842N
Contents: Part I. The Texas years, 1858-1912 -- A spacious youth -- Searching for a career -- Texas politics: creating "our crowd" -- The "twilight years" -- "The man and the opportunity" -- The ideal society -- Part II. Wilson in power, 1913-1914 -- "Our crowd" goes to Washington -- Foreign horizons, 1913 -- The new freedom -- Reform and intervention -- "The great adventure" -- Part III. The Great War, 1914-1917 -- The Great War -- The search for peace -- London, Paris, Berlin -- The turn to war -- American interlude -- The lure of peace -- The House-Grey Memorandum -- The failure of peace -- Preside

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