TY  - GEN
T1  - Discussing Hitler : advisers of U.S. diplomacy in Central Europe, 1934-1941
A2  - Frank, Tibor
LA  - English
PP  - Budapest ; New York
PB  - Central European University Press
YR  - 2003
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm52839863
AB  - This book promises to illuminate the foreign policy of the Roosevelt administration during the rise of Hitler's Germany. It is based on the heretofore unpublished notes of J.F. Montgomery (1878-1954), U.S. ambassador ("Minister") to Hungary before World War II. In Budapest, Montgomery quickly made friends with nearly everyone who mattered in the critical years of Hitler's takeover and preparation for World War II. His circle included Admiral Horthy, the Regent of Hungary, subsequent prime ministers, foreign ministers, members of both houses of parliament, as well as fellow diplomats from all over Europe. In addition, as an avid player of golf and bridge, he had an active social life that was interconnected with a large circle of influential friends in the United States. Minister Montgomery dictated the full content of each and every important political discussion to his secretary shortly after returning to his chancery in Budapest. He assiduously collected, recorded, and organized the information that he gained through these key relationships. His "Conversations" as he called them, represent an unusual depth of politically valuable information in this complex and important period of time. It is also valuable to understand how the U.S. minister representing Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Budapest outpost came to appreciate and to some degree even share the value system of interwar Hungary. Publishing the confidential "Conversations" of Minister Montgomery, along with a selection of his correspondence, will also shed some unusual light on the perception of Hitler's ascent by the United States, and how this perception was shaped and channeled by one key U.S. diplomat
OP  - 374
CN  - E748.M66 D57 2003eb
SN  - 0585464316
SN  - 9780585464312
SN  - 9786155211065
SN  - 615521106X
SN  - 1281268739
SN  - 9781281268730
SN  - 9789639241565
SN  - 9639241563
KW  - Montgomery, John Flournoy, : 1878-1954.
KW  - Hitler, Adolf, : 1889-1945.
KW  - Hitler, Adolf, : 1889-1945
KW  - Montgomery, John Flournoy, : 1878-1954
KW  - Diplomats : United States : Biography : Sources.
KW  - United States : Foreign relations : 1933-1945 : Sources.
KW  - Hungary : Foreign relations : 1918-1945 : Sources.
KW  - Europe : Foreign relations : 1918-1945 : Sources.
KW  - États-Unis : Relations extérieures : 1933-1945 : Sources.
KW  - Hongrie : Relations extérieures : 1918-1945 : Sources.
KW  - Europe : Relations extérieures : 1918-1945 : Sources.
KW  - Diplomates : États-Unis : Biographies : Sources.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : International.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : International Relations : General.
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Diplomats
KW  - Europe
KW  - Hungary
KW  - United States
KW  - 1918 - 1945
KW  - Biography, Diplomatic history, Europe, Foreign relations, Hungary, United States, World War II.
KW  - Sources
ER  -