The Balkan Wars - Jacob Gould Schurman

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Résumé :
There has broken out and is now in progress a war which is generally regarded as the greatest of all time-a war already involving five of the six Great Powers and three of the smaller nations of Europe as well as Japan and Turkey... So opens this second edition of the classic history published mere months after the first in 1914 and prompted by the rapidly devolving global political situation. Students of World War I and war reportage will find a stunning immediacy and a journalistic urgency in this recounting of a war that turned out to be but a mere skirmish preceding a much larger conflagration, told by a diplomat on the scene: the author, a former philosophy professor, served as U.S. minister to Greece and Montenegro during the Balkan Wars. AUTHOR BIO: JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN (1854-1942) was born on Prince Edward Island and educated in Britain and Germany, but spent much of his life in the service of government and education in the United States. In 1892, he was named Cornell University's third President, and during his 28-year tenure advanced the causes of academic freedom and intellectual liberalism. His wide-ranging diplomatic missions-embarked upon during his years as Cornell's president-took him around the globe to postings in the Pacific, Europe, and China.

Sommaire:
Jacob Gould Schurman was a Canadian-American educator and diplomat, most notably serving as the President of Cornell University and as the United States Ambassador to Germany. Born on May 2, 1854, in Freetown, Canada, Schurman pursued his education at prestigious institutions, including the University of London, Heidelberg University, Acadia University, and Prince of Wales College. He held dual nationality, being both Canadian and American. Schurman's academic career was marked by his presidency at Cornell University, where he made significant contributions to the institution's development. In addition to his academic work, he played an influential role in international diplomacy, particularly during his tenure as Ambassador to Germany from 1925 to 1930. Throughout his career, Schurman was deeply involved in political and intellectual circles, helping shape policy decisions and academic discourse. He passed away on August 12, 1942, at the age of 88 in New York. Schurman was also a family man, with his daughter, Dorothy Schurman Hawes, carrying on his legacy....