Colonel House: A Biography of Woodrow Wilson's Silent Partner

by Charles E. Neu

Book Overview

A man who lived his life mostly in the shadows, Edward M. House is little known or remembered today; yet he was one of the most influential figures of the Wilson presidency. Wilson's chief political advisor, House played a key role in international diplomacy, and had a significant hand in crafting the Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference. Though the intimate friendship between the president and his advisor ultimately unraveled in the wake...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195045505
• ISBN13: 9780195045505
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 714 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"