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My Four Years in Germany, James W. Gerard, 1917

My Four Years in Germany, James W. Gerard, 1917

My Four Years in Germany, James W. Gerard, 1917

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PERIOD until 1918
COUNTRY United States 1870 - 1918
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS 21 x 14 cm
MAKER
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US LOT US3-1161
EAN 3000000007242
US LOT US3-1161
PERIOD until 1918
COUNTRY United States 1870 - 1918
EAN 3000000007242
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS 21 x 14 cm
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD until 1918
COUNTRY United States 1870 - 1918
US LOT US3-1161
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS 21 x 14 cm
EAN 3000000007242
MAKER
WEIGHT
United States 1870 - 1918
My Four Years in Germany, James W. Gerard, 1917


Description

James W. Gerard was a former New York Supreme Court justice appointed U.S. Ambassador to Germany in October, 1913, which position he held until U.S. diplomatic relations were broken off in February, 1917. His wife was the daughter of the copper magnate that was head of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.
Gerard’s work increased enormously when the war started in August, 1914, because the American embassy then took over the interests of Britain, France and other nations that had broken diplomatic relations with Germany. A great deal of his work was dealing with the welfare of prisoners of war held in Germany, plus business interests of combatant nations.
The author doesn’t deal with the military aspects of the War, at all, excepting the enormous diplomatic effect of Germany’s submarine warfare.
Gerard met regularly with the highest men in the German political leadership, and had several long private conversations with the Kaiser.
Of great value, to me, at least, are Gerard’s capsule histories of of Germany’s social and military conditions in the decades leading up to World War I.
The book has numerous small but excellent photos, including facsimile photos of social and diplomatic communications, and the Emperor’s 6-page hand-written telegram to U.S. President Wilson (written in English, by the way).

Comes with a deck of WWI playing cards, a booklet about Austrian Military History, a map of Paris and a booklet on Tauberbischofsheim.
 


Condition
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