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.