An American by Degrees by Robert J Young
Fluent in English, married to an American, and a historian who was a frequent guest at many American universities, Jusserand deftly cultivated American sympathies for France. This title explores Ambassador Jusserand's life and legacy.
"In this well-crafted and highly readable book, Robert Young has very much succeeded in resurrecting the life and reputation of Jules JusserandThis sympathetic but by no means uncritical biography fully illustrates Jusserand's prodigious talents as a scholar and a diplomat while also highlighting his role in shaping French-American relations in the years when the United States emerged as a world power and when France suffered its first crushing blow of the twentieth century." Diane N. Labrosse, National Security Archive "Young's book skillfully weaves Jusserand's life and career into a series of unusually well-told stories. (...) Young's book, eminently readable, succeeds so well because it is a biography of a truly remarkable man; it is also a work of high scholarship. "Robert J. Young has produced a brilliant biography [...] It is appropriate that the life of Jusserand -- this most scholarly and literate of diplomats -- is recounted by Young, who has performed his task with consummate literary skill and in accordance w
Robert J. Young, professor emeritus, University of Winnipeg, and an award-winning author and teacher, has written numerous books on the history of modern France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780773535725 |
| ISBN 10 | 0773535721 |
| Title | An American by Degrees |
| Author | Robert J Young |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Year published | 2009-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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