Background
Wilson, Theodore Allen was born on September 27, 1940 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Benjamin Harrison and Anna Lee (Basham) Wilson.
(Four months before Pearl Harbour, Winston Churchill and F...)
Four months before Pearl Harbour, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in secret aboard a ship in a secluded Newfoundland harbour. This was the first summit conference of World War II. Although it would soon be overshadowed by the events to come, the 1941 summit at Placentia Bay produced dramatic results. It confirmed the policy of material aid for Britain and sanctioned the "Atlantic Charter". It also laid the groundwork for the three-way alliance that would bring about the destruction of the Axis powers. In this revised edition of his study, historian Theodore Wilson has expanded and updated the narrative. Drawing upon primary sources made available since the first edition he has added new material. Wilson analyzes the events of August 1941 and concludes that President Roosevelt was not totally in control. As the country lurched from crisis to crisis, bureaucratic politics and organizational dynamics were far more influential than FDR in determining the evolution of US strategy, US policy toward Japan, Anglo-American economic relations, and the efforts to mobilize for war. Wilson also recaptures the drama and colour of the shipboard discussions - from Roosevelt's bizarre working methods to Churchill's choice of entertainment in the evenings.
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Wilson, Theodore Allen was born on September 27, 1940 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Benjamin Harrison and Anna Lee (Basham) Wilson.
AB, Indiana University, 1962. Master of Arts (Ford Foundation fellow), Indiana University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1966.
Assistant professor of history, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1965-1969;
associate professor, U. Kansas, 1969-1973;
professor, U. Kansas, since 1973;
associate dean, U. Kansas, 1976-1978;
department chairman, U. Kansas, 1978-1981;
director Hall Center for Humanities, U. Kansas, 1983-1988. Senior research associate Harry S. Truman Library Institute, Independence, Missouri, 1969-1972. Visiting professor University College, Dublin, 1975-1976.
Morrison professor mil.history United States Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1983-1984. Visiting professor Leicester U., 1987. Research professor Center Military History, 1989-1991.
President Past & Present, Inc.
(These biographical essays - all especially commissioned f...)
(Four months before Pearl Harbour, Winston Churchill and F...)
(Four months before Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill and Fr...)
(The Cottages at Shelby Beach)
Member Society of America Historians, Organization American Historians, Society Historians American Foreign Relations, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Judith Kay Juncker, September 5, 1962. Children: Laura Marie, Andrew Allen.