- Title Pages
- Dedication
- The Century Foundation
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Origins -
3 Zionist Attorney -
4 Lawyer and Investor -
5 Newcomer to Washington -
6 Into the Maelstrom -
7 The Public Utility Holding Company Act -
8 At the Center of Power -
9 The Court-Packing Plan -
10 Domestic Politics, 1937–1938 -
11 Waiting for the War -
12 Destroyers for Bases -
13 London -
14 World War II -
15 Diplomat -
16 Elder Statesman -
17 Benjamin V. Cohen - Abbreviations in Notes
- Index
Diplomat
Diplomat
- Chapter:
- (p.279) 15 Diplomat
- Source:
- Benjamin V. Cohen
- Author(s):
William Lasser
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
This chapter focuses on Cohen's diplomatic activities. The discussions include his resignation from government service in January 1945; President Truman's appointment of Byrnes as secretary of state and Cohen's corresponding appointment as special assistant to the secretary; and his appointment in late September 1948 as alternate member of the American delegation to the U.N. General Assembly session in Paris.
Keywords: Benjamin V. Cohen, Truman, Byrnes, government service, United Nations
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- The Century Foundation
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Origins -
3 Zionist Attorney -
4 Lawyer and Investor -
5 Newcomer to Washington -
6 Into the Maelstrom -
7 The Public Utility Holding Company Act -
8 At the Center of Power -
9 The Court-Packing Plan -
10 Domestic Politics, 1937–1938 -
11 Waiting for the War -
12 Destroyers for Bases -
13 London -
14 World War II -
15 Diplomat -
16 Elder Statesman -
17 Benjamin V. Cohen - Abbreviations in Notes
- Index