David Mayers - The Diplomacy of Crisis: FDR’s Ambassadors in Berlin and Policy Toward Nazi Germany, 1933-1941
Duration: 1 hour 24 mins
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| Description: | American policy toward Germany in the years before Pearl Harbor can be approached from any number of angles. I shall in this talk explore an interpretative line that has been less fully developed in the historiography, namely, the viewpoint of U.S. diplomats posted in Berlin. |
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| Created: | 2013-06-12 02:21 |
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| Collection: | Clare Hall Colloquium |
| Publisher: | Clare Hall |
| Copyright: | Clare Hall |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Distribution: |
World
(downloadable)
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| Keywords: | Third Reich; WW2; Diplomacy; American policy; Roosevelt; |
| Categories: |
iTunes - History |
| Explicit content: | No |
| Abstract: | American policy toward Germany in the years before Pearl Harbor can be approached from any number of angles. A rich literature exists that emphasizes the geopolitical dimension of the German–U.S. relationship, as well as its economic and ideological complexities.
I shall in this talk 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. Talk given on 11 June 2013 |
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