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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Neu, Charles E.
Titre(s) : Colonel House [Texte imprimé] : a biography of Woodrow Wilson's silent partner / Charles E. Neu
Publication : New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, copyright 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-609 p.) : Ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 637-656. Index
In this seminal biography, Charles E. Neu details the life of "Colonel" House, a Texas
landowner who rose to become one of the century's greatest political operators. Ambitious
and persuasive, House worked largely behind the scenes, developing ties of loyalty
and using patronage to rally party workers behind his candidates. In 1911 he met Woodrow
Wilson, and almost immediately the two formed what would become one of the most famous
friendships in American political history
Sujet(s) : House, Edward Mandell (1858-1938)
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) -- Amis et relations
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1909-1913
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1913-1921
Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) -- Traités
Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) -- États-Unis
États-Unis -- 1913-1921
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.91 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1901-1953
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780195045505. - ISBN 0195045505 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45656226x
Notice n° :
FRBNF45656226
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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 ; Presidential
politics ; Re-election and the plea for peace ; America goes to war ; Part IV.
America at war, 1917-1918 ; America prepares for war ; The strains of coalition
warfare ; Envoy to the allies ; Crises at home and abroad ; The turning point
; The end of the war ; Part V. Peacemaking, 1919-1920 ; Waiting for the Peace Conference
; The Peace Conference, I ; The Peace Conference, II ; The fight for the League
; Part VI. Elder statesman, 1921-1938 ; The end of the Wilson Era ; New beginnings
; Marking time ; Victory at last ; The crisis of the 1930s ; Epilogue: crossing
the river.