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Defiant Diplomat: George Platt Waller: American Consul in Nazi-Occupied Luxembourg, 1939-1941
Willard A Fletcher
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Description for Defiant Diplomat: George Platt Waller: American Consul in Nazi-Occupied Luxembourg, 1939-1941
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American diplomat George Platt Waller's memoir of his experiences in Luxembourg from 1939-1941 reveals the plight of a small neutral country invaded by Nazi Germany. His vivid account of the response of Luxembourgers to war and occupation and his own efforts to help refugees offers a compelling story of witness and resistance to evil in the Second World War.
American diplomat George Platt Waller's memoir of his experiences in Luxembourg from 1939-1941 reveals the plight of a small neutral country invaded by Nazi Germany. His vivid account of the response of Luxembourgers to war and occupation and his own efforts to help refugees offers a compelling story of witness and resistance to evil in the Second World War.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611495010
SKU
V9781611495010
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Ref
99-3
About Willard A Fletcher
Willard Allen Fletcher is professor emeritus at the University of Delaware. Jean Fletcher is a former librarian at university libraries in Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Delaware.
Reviews for Defiant Diplomat: George Platt Waller: American Consul in Nazi-Occupied Luxembourg, 1939-1941
Through Waller, one sees how an American diplomat perceived his role and how he used his office to aid citizens of an occupied country. This story speaks volumes about the premises and assumptions of American diplomacy and statecraft during the Second World War. In short, the story is significant ...
James M. Brophy, University of Delaware
James M. Brophy, University of Delaware