War and diplomacy in East and West : a biography of Józef Retinger
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War and diplomacy in East and West : a biography of Józef Retinger
(Routledge studies in modern history, 26)
Routledge, 2017
- : hbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-315) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The New York Times said of Jozef Hieronim Retinger that he was on intimate terms with most leading statesmen of the Western World, including presidents of the United States. He has been repeatedly acknowledged as one of the principle architects of the movement for European unity after the World War II, and one of the outstanding creative political influences of the post war period. He has also been credited with being the dark master behind the so-called "Bilderberg Group," described variously as an organization of idealistic internationalists, and a malevolent global conspiracy.
Before that, Retinger involved himself in intelligence activities during World War II and, given the covert and semi-covert nature of many of his activities, it is little wonder that no biography has appeared about him. This book draws on a broad range of international archives to rectify that.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 The Formative Years, 1888-1914
2 The World War, 1914-1918
3 From Europe to Mexico
4 "I got religion"
5 The War Begins
6 First Steps towards Federation: the Czech Frustration
7 A Wider Federation
8 Retinger and Polish-Soviet Relations
9 The Collapse of Poland's International Position
10 Retinger's Most Controversial Episode: the Mission to Poland, 1944
11 "In twenty years Europe will be united, together with Poland." Retinger and the Federal Movement in European History
12 Retinger and the Building of a United Europe
13 The Congress of Europe, 1948
14 The Bilderbergs
15 Conclusions
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