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- Clarence Streit and Twentieth-Century American Internationalism
- Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
- Clarence Streit and Twentieth-Century American Internationalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Making of an Atlantic Federalist, 1914–1939
- 2 The Making and Selling of Union Now, 1939–1941
- 3 The Wartime Pursuit of Federal Union, 1940–1945
- 4 Clarence Streit and Federal Union during the Cold War
- 5 Clarence Streit, the Atlantic Union Committee, and Postwar Atlanticism
- Conclusion
- List of Archives
- Index
1 - The Making of an Atlantic Federalist, 1914–1939
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 March 2023
- Clarence Streit and Twentieth-Century American Internationalism
- Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
- Clarence Streit and Twentieth-Century American Internationalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Making of an Atlantic Federalist, 1914–1939
- 2 The Making and Selling of Union Now, 1939–1941
- 3 The Wartime Pursuit of Federal Union, 1940–1945
- 4 Clarence Streit and Federal Union during the Cold War
- 5 Clarence Streit, the Atlantic Union Committee, and Postwar Atlanticism
- Conclusion
- List of Archives
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 considers Streit’s early years. It begins with his path from an ambitious high school and university student in Montana to Europe: as soldier in World War I, as a low-level member of the US delegation to the Paris peace conference in 1919, as a Rhodes scholar, and finally as a budding journalist. It then examines his emergence as a well-regarded foreign correspondent during the 1920s, a period often presented as the profession’s golden age. Although Streit lacked the glamor of better-known celebrity colleagues, his experiences offer another perspective on the work of interwar foreign correspondents. The final section focuses on Streit’s tenure as the New York Times’ correspondent in Geneva for much of the 1930s covering the League of Nations. This extended posting provides an intriguing vantage point for reconsidering the League’s place in US foreign relations at the time.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023