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Politics and government, World War, 1914-1918, Friends and associates, Treaty of Versailles, Foreign relations, Peace, Biography, Statesmen, House, edward mandell, 1858-1938, Wilson, woodrow, 1856-1924, Treaty of versailles (1919), Statesmen, biography, Statesmen, united states, World war, 1914-1918, peace, United states, foreign relations, 1913-1921, United states, politics and government, 1913-1921, Friendship, International relations, Political science, World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746, World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180862Places
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Colonel House: a biography of Woodrow Wilson's silent partner
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Colonel House: a Biography of Woodrow Wilson's Silent Partner
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Table of Contents
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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-656) and index.
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