So Close to Greatness: A Biography of Willian C. Bullitt HB/DJ 1st Amer edition

Description: So Close to Greatness: A Biography of Willian C. Bullitt By Will Brownell and Richard N. Billings MacMillan Publishing CompanyNew York 1987 Dust jacket continues: First U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Wartime Ambassador to France, Freud's Collaborator, Husband of Louise Bryant, Acting Mayor of Paris xiv, 368 p.: Eight unpaginated pages, containing 17 llustrations; 24 cm. (9.5 inches). Black cloth spine, with gilt-stamped spine title, orange paper over boards. Glossy, illustrated color dust jacket designed by James Victore. Includes Bibliography, Notes, and Index. First American Edition, First Printing "The greatly gifted but fatally flawed are always the most fascinating people, the ones who inspire our awe, draw our sympathies, and fan our exasperation = and William Bullitt, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's most remarkable envoy and favorite diplomatic cat's-paw, surely is the archetype. Voted 'most brilliant' in his class at Yale, which included Averell Harriman, Cole Porter, and Gerald Murphy, Bullitt soon earned Walter Lippmann's plaudit as 'the sharpest of American correspondents' covering the war in Europe. By 1917 he was a figure of importance at the State Department; by 1919, at the age of twenty-eight, he was leading an official mission to Moscow to end the civil war; at the end of World War I he resigned from the Versailles Treaty negotiations, dramatically denouncing them as sure cause for war in the future. . . . At the peak of his career, in 1933, he became America's first ambassador to the Soviet Union; later, our ambassador to France in World War II. In 1939 he inspired the Poles to resist Hitler, promising Allied support. When the Nazis overran Paris, he refused to leave and served as its acting mayor. Later he served as FDR's envoy in North America and the Middle East.But, always threatening to be a loose cannon on the ship of state, Bullitt ultimately made a fatal move. He urged FDR to fire Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles for committing a homosexual act. For this Bullitt was reviled and never regained status. He died at seventy-six, a lonely, embittered man" [from the dust jacket] ISBN: 002517410X Book is in Near Fine Condition: a binding bump top of front fixed endpaper, slightly impacts front matter pages, barely noticeable and not impacting the text at all. Pages are bright, clean, tight, and unmarked. Dust Jacket is in Fine/As New Condition: slight shelf wear. Nice copy. Copyright 2022 All text in this listing description is the sole property of Classic Books and Ephemera and may not be copied without permission from Classic Books and Ephemera. SHIPPING and HANDLING: The purchaser receives free media mail in the U.S. We ship all books in boxes, well protected, within 24 hours of the order (Monday - Saturday), always with tracking. We ship pamphlets, documents, broadsides, and booklets in rigid mailers, bagged and boarded, with added stiffener for protection, always with tracking and, where they are of light weight, the order is sent free within the U.S. by First Class mail We have been selling books and ephemera for about 21 years to satisfied customers on various venues, so buy with confidence. For international shipping costs see Ebay's Shipping and Handling section below (click on the country and then click Update for cost to a specific country). For expedited domestic or international shipping prices, please contact us. BUYERS OF MULTIPLE ITEMS RECEIVE FREE SHIPPING IN THE U.S., FIRST CLASS OR MEDIA MAIL, DEPENDING ON WEIGHT. Payment Methods: Paypal is preferred, but not required. Ebay is also collecting state taxes where appropriate and will be paying those state taxes rather than the sellers. Guarantee: We guarantee that the book is as described or we will return the buyer's money, if we are notified by email within 24 hours of receipt of the book. ALSO SEE ON EBAY OUR FINE SELECTION OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA IN OUR STORE, CLASSIC BOOKS AND EPHEMERA; CLICK ON THIS LINK: We use the condition terms established by AB Bookman's Weekly and now slightly refined by IOBA: As New/Fine, Near Fine(minor defects), Very Good (small signs of wear), Good (average used book), Fair (complete text, but may lack endpapers, half-title), Poor (complete text but soiled, loose hinges, etc.) For an explanation of terms commonly used in book descriptions, contact us.

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