An American in Europe at War and Peace Hugh S. Gibson's Chronicles, 1918-1919. PDF
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AnAmericaninEuropeatWarandPeace An American in Europe at War and Peace Hugh S. Gibson’s Chronicles, 1918–1919 Edited by Vivian Hux Reed together with Jochen Böhler ISBN978-3-11-067213-8 e-ISBN(PDF)978-3-11-067227-5 e-ISBN(EPUB)978-3-11-067238-1 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2020937584 BibliographicinformationpublishedbytheDeutscheNationalbibliothek TheDeutscheNationalbibliothekliststhispublicationintheDeutscheNationalbibliografie; detailedbibliographicdataareavailableontheInternetathttp://dnb.dnb.de. ©2021WalterdeGruyterGmbH,Berlin/Boston Coverimage:HughS.Gibson.CourtesyoftheGibsonFamily. Typesetting:jürgenullrichtyposatz,Nördlingen Printingandbinding:CPIbooksGmbH,Leck www.degruyter.com “It’sagreatlifeifyoudon’tweaken.” HughS.Gibson,Paris,August 14,1918 Hugh Gibson Biographical Note 1883August 16 Born,LosAngeles,California AttendedLosAngelesMilitaryAcademy AttendedPomonaCollege 1907 Graduated,EcoleLibredesSciencesPolitiques,Paris 1908 TooktheDiplomaticServiceExamination 1908–1909 Secretary,AmericanLegation,Tegucigalpa,Honduras 1909–1910 SecondSecretary,AmericanEmbassy,London 1910 PrivatesecretarytotheAssistantSecretaryofState,Washington 1911 Clerk,DepartmentofState,Washington 1911–1913 Secretary,AmericanLegation,Havana,Cuba 1913 Observer,electionsforConstituentAssemblyofSantoDomingo 1914–1916 Secretary,AmericanLegation,Brussels LiaisonbetweenHerbertHooverandtheBelgianGovernmentforthe CommissionforReliefinBelgium 1916 FirstSecretary,AmericanEmbassy,London 1917 AssignedtoStateDepartment-WarMissions Author,AJournalfromOurLegationinBelgium AidetoLordBalfour,BritishMinisterofForeignAffairs,duringvisittotheU.S. AttachedtoBelgianWarMissionduringvisittotheU.S. 1918 FirstSecretary,AmericanEmbassy,Paris AdvisortoGeneralPershing 1918–1919 Member,InteralliedMissiontoCountriesofformerAustro-Hungarian Empire 1919–1924 EnvoyExtraordinaryandMinisterPlenipotentiarytoPoland(Warsaw) 1922 MarriedYnesReyntiens,Brussels 1924 AttendedTemporaryMixedCommissionfortheReductionofArmaments, LeagueofNations,Geneva MaintainedasAmbassador-at-Large,LeagueofNations 1924–1927 EnvoyExtraordinaryandMinisterPlenipotentiarytoSwitzerland(Bern) 1925 Vice-Chairman,AmericanDelegation,ArmsTrafficConference,Geneva 1926–1930 Chairman,AmericanDelegation,PreparatoryCommissionfortheDisarma- mentConference,Geneva 1927 Delegate,ConferenceonPrivateManufactureofArms,Geneva ChairmanofAmericandelegationandconference,ConferencefortheFurther LimitationofNavalArmaments(alsocalledTripartiteNavalConferenceorthe ThreePowerConference),Geneva 1927–1933 AmbassadorExtraordinaryandPlenipotentiarytoBelgiumandEnvoyExtra- ordinaryMinisterPlenipotentiarytoLuxemburg(Brussels) 1928 DoctorofDiplomacyandPoliticalScience,UniversiteCatholiquedeLouvain 1929 BirthofsonMichaelFrancis,Brussels 1930 Delegate,LondonNavalConference DoctorofLaw,UniversiteLibredeBruxelles https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672275-202 VIII HughGibson–BiographicalNote 1931 DoctorofLaw,YaleUniversity Observer,ConferenceofExpertsforaMoratoriumonIntergovernmental Debts(alsocalledtheLondonConferenceortheInternationalConferenceof Ministers),London 1932–1933 ActingChairman,AmericanDelegation,GeneralDisarmamentConference, Geneva 1933–1937 AmbassadorExtraordinaryandPlenipotentiarytoBrazil(RiodeJaneiro) 1935 AmericanRepresentative,MediatoryGrouptoendtheChacoWarbetween BoliviaandParaguayDelegate,ChacoPeaceConference,BuenosAires 1937 Author,Rio 1937–1938 AmbassadorExtraordinaryandPlenipotentiarytoBelgiumandEnvoyExtra- ordinaryandMinisterPlenipotentiarytoLuxemburg(Brussels) 1938 Retiredfromforeignservice 1939 Author,Belgium:TheCountryandItsPeople Vice-President,BelgianAmericanEducationalFoundation Chairman,A.R.A.Association 1940 EscapedfromFranceduringGermanoccupation EuropeanrepresentativefortheNationalCommitteeonFoodforSmall Democracies 1940–1941 DirectorGeneralforEuropeoftheCommissionforPolishReliefandthe CommissionforReliefinBelgium 1942 Author,TheProblemsofLastingPeace(withHerbertHoover) 1944 Author,TheRoadtoForeignPolicy 1945 Author,TheBasisofLastingPeace(withHerbertHoover) 1946–1947 Member,HerbertHooverFoodMission(HerbertHoover,Chairman) 1947 Member,InvestigatoryCommitteeforpostwarGermaneconomicpolicies 1950 DeathofYnesR.Gibson 1952 Director,ProvisionalIntergovernmentalCommissiononMovementsof MigrantsfromEurope(ICEM) 1954December 12 DeathofHughSimonsGibson,Geneva FromHooverInstitutionHGPapers Table of Contents Acknowledgements XI Abbreviations XIII ListofImages XV Introduction 1 SourceEditions 11 BiographicalIndex 655 PlaceIndex 743
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