Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The making of a diplomat, 1863–1903
- 2 Crete: consulship and civil war, 1903–1906
- 3 Washington: Imperial affairs and arbitration, 1906–1908
- 4 Budapest and Berne: prelude to the Great War, 1908–1913
- 5 Stockholm: war and diplomacy in neutral northern Europe, 1913–1916
- 6 Stockholm: diplomacy and war in neutral northern Europe, 1916–1918
- 7 Paris: Poland, the Baltic States, and the Treaty of Versailles, 1918–1919
- 8 Madrid: Anglo-Spanish relations, 1919–1924
- 9 Washington redux: rebuilding good relations, 1924–1927
- 10 Washington redux: meeting the American challenge, 1927-1930
- Epilogue and conclusion ‘A great ambassador’
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Washington: Imperial affairs and arbitration, 1906–1908
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The making of a diplomat, 1863–1903
- 2 Crete: consulship and civil war, 1903–1906
- 3 Washington: Imperial affairs and arbitration, 1906–1908
- 4 Budapest and Berne: prelude to the Great War, 1908–1913
- 5 Stockholm: war and diplomacy in neutral northern Europe, 1913–1916
- 6 Stockholm: diplomacy and war in neutral northern Europe, 1916–1918
- 7 Paris: Poland, the Baltic States, and the Treaty of Versailles, 1918–1919
- 8 Madrid: Anglo-Spanish relations, 1919–1924
- 9 Washington redux: rebuilding good relations, 1924–1927
- 10 Washington redux: meeting the American challenge, 1927-1930
- Epilogue and conclusion ‘A great ambassador’
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
I have travelled over great stretches of the United States and come into contact with men of all kinds, except unfortunately the real backwoodsmen and cowboys whom I should have liked to meet, but I have not been able to formulate in my mind any of those easy generalisations about America and Americans with which travellers from Europe who have spent a month or two there so often return home; generalisations they can easily pack into a small ‘grip-sack’ and offload on audiences at home eager for news of that land full of unexpected contradictions.
Howard, 1936Howard reached England with his small family in August 1906 for a vacation and, avoiding London, went immediately to Greystoke, from which he had been away for more than three years. Two months were devoted to his wife and two young sons, to fishing, grouse shooting, and generally restoring spent energies within a circle of relations and close friends in the place he loved most in the world. On 18 October he called at the Foreign Office to receive instructions for his return to work. There, Grey and Hardinge disclosed the surprising news that the ambassador to the United States, Sir Mortimer Durand, was being recalled. More surprisingly, Grey and Hardinge wanted Howard to go to Washington as the counsellor, the senior diplomat under the ambassador, at the Embassy to take charge until a new ambassador could be found and sent out.
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- Esme HowardA Diplomatic Biography, pp. 71 - 100Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989