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Democrat and Diplomat
By Dallek
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Dodd was the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1933 to 1937, arriving in Berlin with his wife and daughter just as Hitler assumed the chancellorship. An unlikely candidate for the job--and not President Roosevelt's first choice--Dodd quickly came to realize that the situation in Germany was far grimmer than was understood in America. His early optimism was soon replaced by dire reports on the treatment of Jewish citizens and his pessimism about the future of Germany and Europe. Finding unwilling listeners back in the U.S., Dodd clashed repeatedly with the State Department, as well as the Nazi government, during his time as ambassador. He eventually resigned and returned to America, despairing and in ill-health.
Dodd's story was brought into public prominence last year by Erik Larsen's New York Times bestseller The Garden of Beasts. Dallek's biography, first published in 1968 and now in paperback for the first time, tells the full story of the man and his doomed years in the darkness of pre-War Berlin.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
328
Release Date:
2012-10-31
Publication Date:
2013-07-25
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0199946930
ISBN13:
9780199946938
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Weight:
658 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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