Defiant Diplomacy: Henrik Kauffmann, Denmark, and the United States in World War II and Cold War, 1939-1958 (Studies in Modern European History, Vol. 54)

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Defiant Diplomacy analyzes the relationship between the United States and Denmark as allies in World War II and the Cold War. Cast as a biography of Henrik Kauffmann (1888–1963), a Danish diplomat serving in Washington (1939–1958), the book reveals how the Roosevelt Administration’s policy toward occupied Denmark was forced to address questions of paramount importance, particularly to Great Britain and Canada, regarding the general attitude of the neutral United States toward the war in Europe. The dramatic climax was President Roosevelt’s secret decision in early 1941 to establish military bases in Greenland, the Danish colony that became a crucial steppingstone between the United States and Europe during World War II and a strategic focal point in the nuclear strategies of the Cold War.


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Lidegaard (a member of the Danish Foreign Service) examines the career of Danish envoy to Washington, Henrik Kaufmann, in the years 1939 to 1958 as a window into the developing relationship between Denmark and the United States as allies during World War II and the Cold War. Kauffman is portrayed as often defiant of the policies of his own country in his efforts to wed the interests of the two countries. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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