ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1947
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

James F. Byrnes - Speaking Frankly
Harper and Brothers, New York, 1947
324 str.
tvrdi povez
stanje: vrlo dobro
First Edition


`There has been no more crucial period in our history than the two years after V-E Day during which James F. Byrnes fought--patiently, firmly and wholeheartedly--to make a lasting peace. As Secretary of State, he, more than any one man, shaped and directed American foreign policy during that critical time. Now, believing that all Americans must know the facts if we are to achieve a real `peoples` peace, ` he goes on record with a full report of his efforts to get it. This is his story of the international conferences and conference interludes, of the diplomatic trials and errors, the crises, failures and accomplishments of those two eventful, decisive years`--Dust jacket, page [2].

The Chief Architect of Our Postwar Foreign Policy Writes with Candor About His Experience As Secretary of State

Serving under both F.D.R. and Truman, J.F. Byrnes describes the search for peace immediately following the end of W.W.II. He travelled some 77,ooo miles between Washington and London,Paris and Moscow. He recounts his meetings with Stalin,Churchill,Molotov and others as they negotiated treaties and agreements and the formation of the U.N.

Introduction to world leadership. Awakening danger, and responsibility ; Yalta: high tide of big three unity ; The tide begins to turn ; Potsdam: the success that failed --
The treaties: five steps toward peace. Setback at London ; Moscow ends an impasse ; London again, and Paris twice ; The Paris Peace Conference and its New York finale --
Unfinished treaties. Central Europe: the crucial test ; A course of action ; Toward peace in Asia --
Work ahead. Building a people`s foreign policy ; Control of atomic energy ; What are the Russians after? ; Where do we go from here?



Non-Fiction, Political Science, Politics, History