Historian Sir John Wheeler-Bennett (1902-1975) was one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary political observers. Through an ability to make important connections, he became an authority on Germany in the interwar years and was acquainted with all the German hierarchy, including Hitler and Hindenburg. He was one of the last people to interview Trotsky, writing an important analysis of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1917. As King George VI's official biographer, he met and interviewed the major leaders of the postwar period, including Churchill, Coolidge, Truman, and members of the British Royal Family; he also briefly supervised young Jack Kennedy's master's thesis. This first biography of Wheeler-Bennett will fascinate anyone interested in the great political figures of world history during the twentieth century.
| ISBN | 0300179014 | | Pages | 336 | | ISBN13 | 9780300179019
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 666 | | Publisher | Yale University Press | | Published in | New Haven | | Imprint | Yale University Press | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Publication date | 03 Jul 2012 | | Spine width (mm) | 35 | | DEWEY | 941.082092 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | |
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