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001 2014015227
003 DLC
005 20150821081905.0
008 140421s2015 nyua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2014015227
020 $a9780195045505 (acid-free paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
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050 00 $aE748.H77$bN48 2015
082 00 $a973.91/3092$aB$223
100 1 $aNeu, Charles E.
245 10 $aColonel House :$ba biography of Woodrow Wilson's silent partner /$cCharles E. Neu.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c[2015]
300 $axiv, 609 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 637-656) and index.
505 0 $aPart 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.
600 10 $aHouse, Edward Mandell,$d1858-1938.
600 10 $aWilson, Woodrow,$d1856-1924$xFriends and associates.
650 0 $aStatesmen$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1913-1921.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1913-1921.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xPeace.
630 00 $aTreaty of Versailles$d(1919)