Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesHolt, 1953 - 344 pages Full-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Page 274
... Britain , and of his fervent desire to get an Anglo - American agreement on the smaller categories of war vessels - there was already the battleship treaty . He wanted a man as Ambassador to Great Britain who would have to embody an ...
... Britain , and of his fervent desire to get an Anglo - American agreement on the smaller categories of war vessels - there was already the battleship treaty . He wanted a man as Ambassador to Great Britain who would have to embody an ...
Page 288
... Britain had equated their tonnage at 1,200,000 . A month later an agreement had been reached between the United States , Great Britain , and Japan . France and Italy were still standing apart . While France , Dawes was convinced ...
... Britain had equated their tonnage at 1,200,000 . A month later an agreement had been reached between the United States , Great Britain , and Japan . France and Italy were still standing apart . While France , Dawes was convinced ...
Page 309
... Britain close to going off the gold standard , the ugly Chinese- Japanese situation , and other troublesome conditions around the world . " These are momentous times . In this general election in Britain , democracy is undergoing a ...
... Britain close to going off the gold standard , the ugly Chinese- Japanese situation , and other troublesome conditions around the world . " These are momentous times . In this general election in Britain , democracy is undergoing a ...
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