Classics in Translation: 001 (Greek Literature): 1 - Softcover

University Of Wisconsin Press

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299808955 ISBN 13: 9780299808952

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988

Synopsis

Diplomat DeWitt Clinton Poole arrived for a new job at the United States consulate office in Moscow in September 1917, just two months before the Bolshevik Revolution. In the final year of World War I, as Russians were withdrawing and Americans were joining the war, Poole found himself in the midst of political turmoil in Russia. U.S. relations with the newly declared Soviet Union rapidly deteriorated as civil war erupted and as Allied forces intervened in northern Russia and Siberia. Thirty-five years later, in the climate of the Cold War, Poole recounted his experiences as a witness to that era in a series of interviews.
Historians Lorraine M. Lees and William S. Rodner introduce and annotate Poole's recollections, which give a fresh, firsthand perspective on monumental events in world history and reveal the important impact DeWitt Clinton Poole (18851952) had on U.S.Soviet relations. He was active in implementing U.S. policy, negotiating with the Bolshevik authorities, and supervising American intelligence operations that gathered information about conditions throughout Russia, especially monitoring anti-Bolshevik elements and areas of German influence. Departing Moscow in late 1918 via Petrograd, he was assigned to the port of Archangel, then occupied by Allied and American forces, and left Russia in June 1919.
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..." atttractive, well-organized, and stimulating." --"The Phoenix"
.,." atttractive, well-organized, and stimulating." --"The Phoenix"

"A stimulating comprehensive survey of classical antiquity." --"Classical Philology"

"The distinctive feature of these two volumes is the fact that the translations are new and in contemporary English." --"Quarterly Journal of Speech"

Come soak your lungs in wine;
the dog-star's returning,
The summer is a hard one
And the thirsty world is burning.
"--Alcaeus"

"A stimulating comprehensive survey of classical antiquity."--"Classical Philology"

"Much superior to any previous anthologies of the kind."--"The Journal of General Education"

"A valuable addition to any private library."--"The Classical Journal"

"Attractive, well-organized, and stimulating."--"The Phoenix"

"The distinctive feature of these two volumes is the fact that the translations are new and in contemporary English."--"Quarterly Journal of Speech"

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299808955
• ISBN 13: 9780299808952
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 446