ISBN: 9780822965039

He took part in the talks that ended World War I and those that failed to prevent World War II. A friend of Sigmund Freud, Bullitt coauthored with him a sensational biography of President… More...

He took part in the talks that ended World War I and those that failed to prevent World War II. A friend of Sigmund Freud, Bullitt coauthored with him a sensational biography of President Wilson. Taking seriously Bullitt's projects and foresights, this book portrays him as an original thinker and elucidates his role as a political actor. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Roads Not Taken by Alexander Etkind Based on Bullitt's unpublished papers and diplomatic documents from the Russian archives, this new biography presents Bullitt as a truly cosmopolitan American, one of the first politicians of the global era. FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description A journalist, diplomat, and writer, William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) negotiated with Lenin and Stalin, Churchill and de Gaulle, Chiang Kai-shek and Goering. He took part in the talks that ended World War I and those that failed to prevent World War II. While his former disciples led American diplomacy into the Cold War, Bullitt became an early enthusiast of the European Union. From his early (1919) proposal of disassembling the former Russian Empire into dozens of independent states, to his much later (1944) advice to land the American troops in the Balkans rather than in Normandy, Bullitt developed a dissenting vision of the major events of his era. A connoisseur of American politics, Russian history, Viennese psychoanalysis, and French wine, Bullitt was also the author of two novels and a number of plays. A friend of Sigmund Freud, Bullitt coauthored with him a sensational biography of President Wilson. A friend of Bullitt, Mikhail Bulgakov depicted him as the devil figure in The Master and Margarita. Taking seriously Bullitt's projects and foresights, this book portrays him as an original thinker and elucidates his role as a political actor. His roads were not taken, but the world would have been different if Bullitt's warnings had been heeded. His experience suggests powerful though lost alternatives to the catastrophic history of the twentieth century. Based on Bullitt's unpublished papers and diplomatic documents from the Russian archives, this new biography presents Bullitt as a truly cosmopolitan American, one of the first politicians of the global era. It is human ideas and choices, Bullitt's projects and failures among them, that have brought the world to its current state. Author Biography Alexander Etkind is professor of history at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. He previously taught at the European University at St. Petersburg, Russia, and at Cambridge University, where he was a fellow of King's College and professor Review A brilliant portrait of one of the most important American diplomats of the twentieth century. A man of immense charm, a friend and savior of Freud and his family in 1938, an admirer of Russia and witness to the horror of the purges, a figure turned into fiction by Bulgakov, Bullitt comes to life in Etkind's remarkable book. Essential reading for all students of twentieth-century Europe and the European-American embrace."" - Jay Winter, Yale University""Alexander Etkind is among the most fecund and original of cultural historians. Extraordinary lives like William Bullitt's— deeply involved with Freud, Wilson, Lenin, Stalin, Kennan and Roosevelt— make extraordinary demands on their biographers. Etkind has more than met these demands in this wonderful volume."" - Eli Zaretsky, author of Political Freud Review Quote "Etkind makes Bullitt's sidelights into his centerpiece. . . . The result is a refreshing look at a man we thought we knew, but did not really know or understand: a complex, creative, and influential individual whose meaning and role in history is much more than that of a diplomat in Moscow." -- The Russian Review Details ISBN0822965038 Author Alexander Etkind Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press Year 2017 ISBN-10 0822965038 ISBN-13 9780822965039 Format Paperback Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press Subtitle An Intellectual Biography of William C. Bullitt Place of Publication Pittsburgh PA Country of Publication United States Birth 1955 Media Book Short Title Roads Not Taken Language English Series Russian and East European Studies Illustrations 26 b&w Illustrations UK Release Date 2017-11-09 Pages 264 Publication Date 2017-11-09 AU Release Date 2017-11-09 NZ Release Date 2017-11-09 US Release Date 2017-11-09 DEWEY 327.7300904092 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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2017, ISBN: 9780822965039

An Intellectual Biography of William C. Bullitt, Buch, Softcover, [PU: University of Pittsburgh Press], University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017