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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
London American
Author: Citizens of London
Author: Lynne OlsonPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 158836982X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
“Engaging and original, rich in anecdote and analysis, this is a terrific work of history.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion The acclaimed author of Troublesome Young Men reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, the handsome, chain-smoking head of CBS News in Europe; Averell Harriman, the hard-driving millionaire who ran FDR’s Lend-Lease program in London; and John Gilbert Winant, the shy, idealistic U.S. ambassador to Britain. Each man formed close ties with Winston Churchill—so much so that all became romantically involved with members of the prime minister’s family. Drawing from a variety of primary sources, Lynne Olson skillfully depicts the dramatic personal journeys of these men who, determined to save Britain from Hitler, helped convince a cautious Franklin Roosevelt and reluctant American public to back the British at a critical time. Deeply human, brilliantly researched, and beautifully written, Citizens of London is a new triumph from an author swiftly becoming one of the finest in her field. Praise for Citizens of London “Brilliantly bursting with beautiful prose, Olson flutters our hearts by capturing the essence of the public and private lives of those who faced death, touched the precipice, hung on by their eyelids, and saved the free world from destruction by the forces of evil.”—Bill Gardner, New Hampshire Secretary of State “If you don't think there's any more to learn about the power struggles, rivalries and dramas—both personal and political—about the US-British aliance in the World War II years, this book will change your mind—and keep you turning the pages as well.”—Jeff Greenfield, Senior Political Correspondent, CBS News “Three fascinating Americans living in London helped cement the World War II alliance between Roosevelt and Churchill. Lynne Olson brings us the wonderful saga of Harriman, Murrow, and Winant. A triumph of research and storytelling, Citizens of London is history on an intimate level.”—Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein
Bicentennial Times
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Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: National Endowment for the ArtsPublisher:
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Category : Federal aid to the arts
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Reports for 1980-19 also include the Annual report of the National Council on the Arts.
The Bicentennial of the United States of America
Author: American Revolution Bicentennial AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Britain, America and Anti-Communist Propaganda 1945-53
Author: Andrew DeftyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131779169X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In the Cold War battle for hearts and minds Britain was the first country to formulate a coordinated global response to communist propaganda. In January 1948, the British government launched a new propaganda policy designed to 'oppose the inroads of communism' by taking the offensive against it.' A small section in the Foreign Office, the innocuously titled Information Research Department (IRD), was established to collate information on communist policy, tactics and propaganda, and coordinate the discreet dissemination of counter-propaganda to opinion formers at home and abroad.
British Record
Author: British Information ServicesPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The Illustrated London News
Author: Comprehensive Calendar of Bicentennial Events
Author: American Revolution Bicentennial AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Displaying Time
Author: Rebecca M. BrownPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295999950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
From the fluttering fabric of a tent, to the blurred motion of the potter’s wheel, to the rhythm of a horse puppet’s wooden hooves—these scenes make up a set of mid-1980s art exhibitions as part of the U.S. Festival of India. The festival was conceived at a meeting between Indira Gandhi and Ronald Reagan to strengthen relations between the two countries at a time of late Cold War tensions and global economic change, when America’s image of India was as a place of desperate poverty and spectacular fantasy. Displaying Time unpacks the intimate, small-scale durations of time at work in the gallery from the transformation of clay into ceramic to the one-on-one, personal encounters between museum visitors and artists. Using extensive archival research and interviews with artists, curators, diplomats, and visitors, Rebecca Brown analyzes a selection of museum shows that were part of the Festival of India to unfurl new exhibitionary modes: the time of transformation, of interruption, of potential and the future, as well as the contemporary and the now.