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
10 - Washington redux: meeting the American challenge, 1927-1930
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
The Admirals here are in the saddle and intend to stay there, and Chilton who has just returned from the West tells me the impression he got there was the Big Navy programme was making headway all the time and that economy was no longer a word to conjure with. The fact is they feel themselves so rich that if they want a few extra toys they can [buy] them no matter how expensive they are.
Howard, July 1927Howard's accomplishments during his first three years in Washington occurred under a gathering cloud of personal crisis. In the summer of 1924, his eldest son, Esme, travelled to the United States after completing his term at Oxford. He had been ill for some time and, in Washington, the shattering discovery was made that he had leukaemia. Howard and his wife then began desperate efforts to seek a treatment for the disease in the hope of finding a cure, taking him first to London in the autumn of 1924 to consult specialists. Although the universal opinion of prominent doctors in Britain, the United States, and the continent held the condition to be incurable, the parents continued searching for a miracle. Because Howard had to return to the United States before the end of the year – the presidential-congressional elections and the advent of a new administration necessitated his presence at the Embassy – Isa remained with her son in Britain and, later, Switzerland.
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- Esme HowardA Diplomatic Biography, pp. 300 - 351Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989