Author: Henry Lewis StimsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
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On Active Services in Peace and War
Author: Henry L. StimsonPublisher: Lovenstein Press
ISBN: 1443726451
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN PEACE AND WAR by HENRY L. STIMSON AND McGEORGE BUNDY. Contents include: Introduction by Henry L. Stimson xi PART I ON MANY FRONTS I Attorney for the Government 3 II With Roosevelt and Taft 18 i. Running for Governor 2. Secretary of War 3. The Split of 1912 III Responsible Government 56 i. Framing a Program 2. In Convention Assembled 3. Success, Failure, and Victory 4. Credo of a Progres sive Conservative IV The World Changes 82 i. War Comes to America 2. Colonel Stimson V As Private Citizen 101 i. The League of Nations Fight 2. At the Bar 3. The Peace of Tipitapa VI Governor General of the Philippines 117 I. The Background 2. A Happy Year 3. Later Dis appointments and Some Hopes PART II WITH SPEARS OK STRAW VII Constructive Beginnings 155 I. Washington in 1929 2. London in 1930 3, Latin America in 1931 VIII The Beginnings of Disaster 190 I, Before the Storm 2, Economic Crisis in Europe 3. More about These Damn Debts IX The Far Eastern Crisis 2,20 i. A Japanese Decision 2. From Conciliation to Non recognition 3. Shanghai 4. The Borah Letter 5. Con clusion and Retrospect vn X The Tragedy of Timidity i. Disarmament A Surface Issue 2. The Failure of Statesmanship XI Out Again 282 i. The Campaign of 1932 2. Middleman after Election XII Toward General War 297 i. Citizen and Observer 2. 1933-1940 Cast as Cas sandra PART HI TIME OF PERIL XIII Call to Arms 323 i. Back to Washington 2. The Newcomer 3. The Best Staff He Ever Had XIV The First Year 345 I. Men for the New Army 2. Supplies 3. To Britain Alone XV Valley of Doubt 364 I. A Difference with the President 2, The Price of Indecision XVI The War Begins 382 i . Pearl Harbor 2. Mission of Delay 3. War Secretary XVII The Army and Grand Strategy 41 I . Pearl Harbor to North Africa 2. The Great I eeision XVIII The Wartime Army 449 i. Reorganization 2, Dipping Down 3. The Place of Specialists 4. Student Soldiers 5. The Army and the Negro 6. Science and New Weapons XIX The Effort for Total Mobilization 470 i. Military Manpower 2. National Service 3. Labor and the War 4. The Army and War Production A Note on Administration 5. Public Relations XX The Army and the Navy 503 i, Stimson and the Admirals 2. Lessons of Antisub marine War 3. Unification and the Future XXI The Army and the Grand Alliance 524 i. Stilwell and China 2. France Defeat, Darlan, De Gaulle, and Deliverance 3. FDR and Military Govern ment 4. A Word from Hindsight XXII The Beginnings of Peace 565 i. A Shift in Emphasis 2. The Morgenthau Plan 3. The Crime of Aggressive War 4. Planning for Recon struction 5. A Strong America 6. Bases and Big Powers 7. The Emergent Russian Problem XXIII The Atomic Bomb and the Surrender of Japan 612 i . Making a Bomb 2. The Achievement of Surrender XXIV The Bomb and Peace with Russia 634 XXV The Last Month 656 i . Judgment of the Army 2. The Chief of Staff 3. The Commander in Chief 4. The End Afterword by Henry L. Stimson 671 A Note of Explanation and Acknowledgment by McGeorge Bundy 673 Brief Chronology of World War 1 1 679 Index 685.
On active service in peace and war: by Henry L. Stimson...
Author: Henry Lewis StimsonPublisher:
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On Active Service in Peace and War, by Henry L. Stimson ... and Mc George Bundy ...
Author: Henry Lewis StimsonOn Active Services in Peace and War
Author: Henry L. StimsonPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473350662
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Henry L. Stimson’s 1947 autobiography features an account of Stimson's 13 years' public service, and explores his actions, motives, and results in great detail. On Active Services in Peace and War is highly recommended for those with an interest in the life and work of this great American statesman, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. The contents include: - Attorney for the Government - Roosevelt and Taft - Responsible Government - The World Changes - As Private Citizen - Governor General of the Philippines - Constructive Beginnings - The Beginnings of Disaster - The Far Eastern Crisis - The Tragedy of Timidity Henry Lewis Stimson (1867–1950) was an American politician who held many important governmental positions under numerous American presidents, including Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
On Active Service in Peace and War
Author: Henry Lewis StimsonPublisher: Octagon Press, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
On Active Service in Peace and War
Author: Henry Lewis StimsonThe Colonel
Author: Godfrey HodgsonPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
On Active Service in Peace and War
Author: Henry L. StimsonTurmoil and Tradition
Author: Elting Elmore MorisonPublisher:
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Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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The Morgenthau Plan
Author: John DietrichPublisher: Algora Publishing
ISBN: 1892941902
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
After hostilities officially ceased, what drove American policy towards Germany in 1944-1949? While Soviet policies came under closer inspection, Western policies have rarely been subjected to critical review. This book deals with the Morgenthau Plan and its impact on American postwar planning. Conventional accounts of Western postwar policies occasionally mention the Morgenthau Plan, describing it as a plan developed in the Treasury Department designed to deindustrialize or ?