Walter Hines Page : ambassador to the Court of St. James's /

Gregory, Ross.

Walter Hines Page : ambassador to the Court of St. James's / Ross Gregory. - Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, (c)1970. - 1 online resource (253 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; I. The Road to London; II. The Happy Time; III. Battle for Civilization Begins; IV. Harassing the British; V. Assault of the Barbarians; VI. Harassing the British Again; VII. The Worst Year; VIII. War at Last; IX. Victory and Death; X. The Ambassadorship of Walter Page; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

This lucid study assesses Page's career as ambassador to Great Britain from 1913 to 1918. It reconsiders the famous publisher's impact on American diplomacy through an examination of British-American relations in that troubled period. Page, a friend of Woodrow Wilson and an intense Anglophile, devoted his major efforts to bringing the United States into the war on the side of the Allies and to cementing Anglo-American friendship. The book brings to bear information from all pertinent manuscript collections in the United States and introduces new information on British-American relations from re.



9780813163154


Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918.


World War, 1914-1918--United States.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918.
United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918--United States.


Electronic Books.

E664 / .W358 1970