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1 online resource (721 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 -- 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. |
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Description based on print version record. |
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House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938.
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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 -- Friends and associates.
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Treaty of Versailles (1919)
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1913-1921.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Neu, Charles E. Colonel House : a biography of Woodrow Wilson's silent partner. New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2015] 9780195045505 (DLC)10961525 |
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9780195045505 |
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9780199391431 (electronic bk.) |
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