{"product_id":"democrat-and-diplomat-the-life-of-william-e-dodd-paperback","title":"Democrat and Diplomat: The Life of William E. Dodd - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Dallek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Dallek, a luminary in the field of political biography--author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Nixon and Kissinger and the New York Times bestselling biography of John F. Kennedy--offers here a look at the life of William Dodd, an American diplomat stationed in Nazi Germany. An insightful historical account, \u003cem\u003eDemocrat and Diplomat\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the dark underbelly of 1930s Germany and explores the terrible burden of those who realized the horror that was to come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDodd was the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1933 to 1937, arriving in Berlin with his wife and daughter just as Hitler assumed the chancellorship. An unlikely candidate for the job--and not President Roosevelt's first choice--Dodd quickly came to realize that the situation in Germany was far grimmer than was understood in America. His early optimism was soon replaced by dire reports on the treatment of Jewish citizens and his pessimism about the future of Germany and Europe. Finding unwilling listeners back in the U.S., Dodd clashed repeatedly with the State Department, as well as the Nazi government, during his time as ambassador. He eventually resigned and returned to America, despairing and in ill-health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDodd's story was brought into public prominence last year by Erik Larsen's \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Garden of Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e. Dallek's biography, first published in 1968 and now in paperback for the first time, tells the full story of the man and his doomed years in the darkness of pre-War Berlin.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Dallek\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Emeritus Professor at Boston University. He has won the Bancroft Prize and numerous other awards for scholarship and teaching. He is the author of many books, including \u003cem\u003eNixon and Kissinger\u003c\/em\u003e, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and \u003cem\u003eAn Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403514409265,"sku":"9780199931729","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/YEqNCgkuTE9780199931729.webp?v=1768918662","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/democrat-and-diplomat-the-life-of-william-e-dodd-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}