Neu, Charles E.,
Colonel House : a biography of Woodrow Wilson's silent partner / Charles E. Neu. - 1 online resource (721 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 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.
9780199391431 (e-book)
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 --Friends and associates.
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.
United States--Politics and government--1913-1921.
Electronic books.
E748.H77 / N48 2015
973.91/3092 B
Colonel House : a biography of Woodrow Wilson's silent partner / Charles E. Neu. - 1 online resource (721 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 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.
9780199391431 (e-book)
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 --Friends and associates.
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.
United States--Politics and government--1913-1921.
Electronic books.
E748.H77 / N48 2015
973.91/3092 B