Neither War Nor Peace
FDR's Ambassadors in Embassy Berlin and Policy Toward Germany, 1933–1941
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12256504 |
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| Authors | David Mayers (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-68 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diplomacy and Statecraft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2296 • E-ISSN: 1557-301X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592290902813148 |
| OpenAlex | W2021962486 |
| Language | EN |
American policy toward Germany in the years before Pearl Harbor can be approached from any number of angles. A rich literature already exists that emphasizes the geopolitical dimension of the German–U.S. relationship, as well as its economic and ideological complexities. I shall here explore an interpretative line that has been less fully developed in the historiography, namely, the viewpoint of U.S. diplomats posted in Berlin. Their experience in the 1930s throws into vivid relief the dilemmas posed by the Third Reich to FDR's America and its equivocal response
Dimension (graph theory · Economic history · Foreign policy · Geopolitics · German · Historiography · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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