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1. Sept. 1988 · Bill Bullitt (1891-1967) was one of the most colorful and egocentrically brilliant figures ever to appear on the American diplomatic stage. In 1919, on a secret mission for President Wilson, he met Lenin and was enraptured. In the 1930s he was Franklin Roosevelt's ambassador to the Soviet Union and then to France. During World War II, coming full circle in his attitude toward the Soviet Union ...
1. Jan. 1988 · There were, however, relatively minor accomplishments in the sparkling career of William Bullitt, remembered today as the diplomatic prodigy who was President Wilson's emissary to Lenin at age 28; FDR's first ambassador to Moscow at 42; and ambassador to France during the crucial years 19361940. Both intelligent and charming, Bullitt's remarkable ability to "see into the future" led to his ...
- Will Brownell, Ph.D. Billings, Richard
12. Jan. 2023 · William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) was the most cosmopolitan U.S. diplomat of his time. Voted most brilliant in his class at Yale, he wrote novels, plays, essays, and coauthored a controversial biography of President Wilson with Sigmund Freud. A political visionary, his views were often contentious, although he was often proven right by the unfolding of events. Bullitt served the United ...
A journalist, diplomat, and writer, William Christian Bullitt (1891–1967) negotiated with Lenin and Stalin, Churchill and de Gaulle, Chiang Kai-shek and Goering. He took part in the talks that ended World War I and those that failed to prevent World War II. While his former disciples led American diplomacy into the Cold War, Bullitt became an early enthusiast of the European Union. From his ...
12. Jan. 2024 · Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia) Appointed: November 21, 1933. Presentation of Credentials: December 13, 1933. Termination of Mission: Left Russia May 16, 1936. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation. Commissioned to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
President-elect Franklin Roosevelt liked William Bullitt the moment they met. Bullitt was energetic, clearly intelligent, and there was a bold, dashing quality to the forty-year-old former diplomat that attracted Roosevelt, an immensely charismatic figure himself. William C.Bullitt, first US Ambassador to the Soviet Union 1933-1936.
9. Nov. 2017 · "An informative biography of diplomat William C. Bullitt, a name not commonly associated with the foundation of the American Cold War policy but should be. . . . Although Bullitt fell out of favor with the Roosevelt administration during World War II, his influence spread to diplomats such as George Kennan and Charles Bohlen, both of whom served under Bullitt in Moscow. This personal narrative ...
- Alexander Etkind
