Download or read book Our Vichy Gamble by William L Langer written by William L. Langer and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Vichy Gamble written by William R. Langer and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Vichy Gamble written by William Leonard Langer and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When France fell in 1940, the United States had to choose among three alternatives: to maintain relations with the Vichy Gamble and encourage resistance in this way; to disown Vichy and espouse the cause of de Gaulle. From a thorough study of all the relevant documents in the files of the state Department and other government sources, Professor Langer indicates why the United States chose the course it did. Our Vichy Gamble covers the entire history of Vichy France and the United States' relations with that government from the French surrender to the Germans in 1940 through the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942. American interests were vitally concerned when France fell. 'To help France militarily was out of the question. The first and foremost problem was to prevent Hitler's getting control of French fleet. If he were to secure it, his future operations against Britian would be so much easier. If Britian went under, we ourselves would soon be challenged along our own coasts." The State Department began to negotiate with Petain and Weygand reasonably confident that these two old World War I heroes would keep their word and refuse to collaborate against the free world. But when Pierre Laval - who detested the Bristish and openly espoused the Nazis - replaced Baudoin as Foreign Minister and the decision as to who would organize French resistance in North Africa became Urgent, public opinion in the United States was aroused. Many were dismayed, feeling we were confusing the French, not comforting them; that the United States was making a mistake not to support de Gaulle and the Free French. Professor Langer shows that in fac the United States had little choice, even to the necessity of working with Admiral Darlan, who sympathized with the Germans almost as openly as Laval. And he concludes that "for intelligence purposes, if for no others, the Vichy policy was completely justified" - Publisher.
Download or read book Our Vichy Gamble written by William L. Langer and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Vichy Gamble written by William Leonard Langer and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When France fell in 1940, the United States had to choose among three alternatives: to maintain relations with the Vichy Gamble and encourage resistance in this way; to disown Vichy and espouse the cause of de Gaulle. From a thorough study of all the relevant documents in the files of the state Department and other government sources, Professor Langer indicates why the United States chose the course it did. Our Vichy Gamble covers the entire history of Vichy France and the United States' relations with that government from the French surrender to the Germans in 1940 through the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942. American interests were vitally concerned when France fell. 'To help France militarily was out of the question. The first and foremost problem was to prevent Hitler's getting control of French fleet. If he were to secure it, his future operations against Britian would be so much easier. If Britian went under, we ourselves would soon be challenged along our own coasts." The State Department began to negotiate with Petain and Weygand reasonably confident that these two old World War I heroes would keep their word and refuse to collaborate against the free world. But when Pierre Laval - who detested the Bristish and openly espoused the Nazis - replaced Baudoin as Foreign Minister and the decision as to who would organize French resistance in North Africa became Urgent, public opinion in the United States was aroused. Many were dismayed, feeling we were confusing the French, not comforting them; that the United States was making a mistake not to support de Gaulle and the Free French. Professor Langer shows that in fac the United States had little choice, even to the necessity of working with Admiral Darlan, who sympathized with the Germans almost as openly as Laval. And he concludes that "for intelligence purposes, if for no others, the Vichy policy was completely justified" - Publisher.
Download or read book Indomitable Will written by Charles Kupfer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the worst military disasters in U.S. history occurred between Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the Battle of Midway in June 1942. During this period, the American people faced a barrage of bad news and accounts of defeats and retreats. Yet if they were shocked and dismayed, they showed little panic. Indomitable Will resurrects the legacy of this first half-year of American combat during WWII -a legacy of pain, but not of woe. Historian Charles Kupfer recounts the story of the war's early defeats: Bataan, Corregidor, Wake Island, and the Java Sea. Some of these battles remain evocative today; others are obscure; all were catastrophes for American arms. Kupfer asserts, however, that later victories were made inevitable by the steeling effect of those initial disasters. Weaving together military, journalistic, political, and cultural histories, this engaging book shows that by setting their collective will on victory, Americans in and out of uniform gained strength from their setbacks. Indomitable Will spells out how the nation turned early defeat into ultimate victory.
Download or read book Destination Casablanca written by Meredith Hindley and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rollicking and panoramic history of Casablanca during the Second World War sheds light on the city as a key hub for European and American powers, and a place where spies, soldiers, and political agents exchanged secrets and vied for control. In November 1942, as a part of Operation Torch, 33,000 American soldiers sailed undetected across the Atlantic and stormed the beaches of French Morocco. Seventy-four hours later, the Americans controlled the country and one of the most valuable wartime ports: Casablanca. In the years preceding, Casablanca had evolved from an exotic travel destination to a key military target after France's surrender to Germany. Jewish refugees from Europe poured in, hoping to obtain visas and passage to the United States and beyond. Nazi agents and collaborators infiltrated the city in search of power and loyalty. The resistance was not far behind, as shopkeepers, celebrities, former French Foreign Legionnaires, and disgruntled bureaucrats formed a network of Allied spies. But once in American hands, Casablanca became a crucial logistical hub in the fight against Germany -- and the site of Roosevelt and Churchill's demand for "unconditional surrender." Rife with rogue soldiers, power grabs, and diplomatic intrigue, Destination Casablanca is the riveting and untold story of this glamorous city--memorialized in the classic film that was rush-released in 1942 to capitalize on the drama that was unfolding in North Africa at the heart of World War II.
Download or read book The First Summit written by Theodore A. Wilson and published by Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 1991 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four months before Pearl Harbour, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in secret aboard a ship in a secluded Newfoundland harbour. This was the first summit conference of World War II.
Download or read book Reluctant Ally written by Frank W. Brecher and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1991-06-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in narrative form, this story of the origins of United States policy towards European Jews, Zionists, and Israelis and the Jews' reaction to that policy becomes a moving account of how the American outrage at mistreatment of European Jewry after World War I joined with an organized response to the Zionist movement to ultimately support the settling of Palestine. Rapid policy changes from 1900 to mid-century are carefully chronicled and the resulting history integrated into a comprehensive overview whose relevance to the current Gulf war and U.S. policy toward Israel cannot be overlooked.
Download or read book In and Out of the Ivory Tower The Autobiography of William L Langer written by William L. Langer and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2022-09-10 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Straightforward, relaxed memoirs by the prodigiously industrious and learned Harvard diplomatic historian and head of the Research and Analysis Section of OSS... Fine reading for anyone interested in academic life and in the connections between scholarship and policy in foreign affairs.” — Gaddis Smith, Foreign Affairs “William L. Langer intended this autobiography as an exemplary tale of how a poor boy from an immigrant family made good in America... Langer’s autobiography provides clues to his patriotic identification with the establishment and to the prodigious energy and intelligence that produced his historical works.” — Dorothy Ross, The American Historical Review “[T]his informal, modest, and understated volume will please and inform both those who knew the author personally and those who knew him only through his publications... As a historian, Langer defies categorization... he explored new areas and new techniques for research — regional studies, demography, disease, and psychoanalysis. His autobiography is neither a full description nor critical appraisal of the profession, but it should convey to a younger generation the historian’s search for truth, his pride in craftsmanship, and his sense of social responsibility.” — Richard W. Leopold, The Journal of American History
Download or read book A Liberal Education written by Abbott Gleason and published by TidePool Press, LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abbott Gleason's insightful memoir of the generation that came of age in the late fifties.
Download or read book Leon Blum written by Joel Colton and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-07-10 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Colton is a meticulous researcher and a fine craftsman. In his political biography of Leon Blum, these two qualities are beautiully blended; none of the available evidence appears to have been over looked, and the enormous mass of variegated material has been transmuted in a polished, richly tapestried, and absorbing narrative.
Download or read book Hitler s Gift to France written by Georges Poisson and published by Enigma Books. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mystery of the Nazi occupation of France is at last explained by new research.
Download or read book World War II written by Howard J. Langer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-encompassing book with more than a thousand quotations, this work breathes life into an era unprecedented in world history. It looks at World War II in a new way with quotations from speeches, news accounts, memoirs, and interviews. Represented, too, are captured documents and material from Ultra and Magic, which broke the German and Japanese secret codes. All major political and military figures of the war are included, as well as many hitherto unknown. In addition, the encyclopedia serves as a lexicon of slang, nicknames and code names, and of war movies and war songs.
Download or read book Cloak Gown written by Robin W. Winks and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CIA and its World War II predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), were for many years largely populated by members of Ivy League colleges, particularly Yale. In this highly acclaimed book, Robin Winks explores the underlying bonds between the university and the intelligence communities, introducing a fascinating cast of characters that include safe-crackers and experts in Azerbaijani as well as such social luminaries as Paul Mellon, David Bruce, John P. Marquand, Jr., and William Vanderbilt. This edition of the book includes a new preface by Winks. Reviews of the first edition: "One of the best studies of intelligence in recent years."--Edward Jay Epstein, Los Angeles Times Book Review "The most original book yet written on the interpenetration of counter-intelligence and campus."--Andrew Sinclair, Sunday Times (London) "Winks writes a lively compound of analysis and anecdote to illuminate the bonds between academe and the intelligence community. His book is a towering achievement."--Robert W. Smith, Chicago Sun-Times "Among the more important contributions to the history of Anglo-American espionage to appear this or any other year. . . . Moves with an unfolding pace that any thriller writer might envy."--Tom Dowling, San Francisco Examiner "A brilliant book."--Sallie Pisani, Journal of American History
Download or read book The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class written by Kees Van Der Pijl and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class, Kees van der Pijl put class formation at the heart of our understanding of world politics and the global economy. This landmark study dissects one of the most decisive phenomena of the twentieth century—the rise of an Atlantic ruling class of multinational banks and corporations. A new preface by the author evaluates the book’s significance in the light of recent political and economic developments.
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1976 with total page 1406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
