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In and Out of the Ivory Tower: The Autobiography of William L. Langer
“Straightforward, relaxed memoirs by the prodigiously industrious and learned Harvard diplomatic historian and head of the Research and Analysis Section of OSS... Fine reading for anyone interested in academic life and in the connections between scholarship and policy in foreign affairs.” — Gaddis Smith, Foreign Affairs “William L. Langer intended this autobiography as an exemplary tale of how a poor boy from an immigrant family made good in America... Langer’s autobiography provides clues to his patriotic identification with the establishment and to the prodigious energy and intelligence that produced his historical works.” — Dorothy Ross, The American Historical Review “[T]...
Our Vichy Gamble
“Dr. Langer, Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard, is one of the foremost diplomatic historians of our day. During the war he was head of the Research and Analysis Branch of the Office of Strategic Services. While serving in this capacity he was invited by Secretary Hull to prepare an account of American policy toward France from May 1940 to the assassination of Darlan on Christmas Eve of 1942. Abundant, though not complete, documentation was placed at his disposal and he talked with many of the principals in the drama. The exciting story as he so ably tells it is substantially a justification of the Roosevelt-Hull policy vis-à-vis Vichy and de Gaulle, primarily on grounds of strategy...
Our Vichy Gamble
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