William bullitt biography

William Christian Bullitt Jr. (January 25, 1891 – February 15, 1967) was an American diplomat, journalist, and novelist.
William C. Bullitt was a U.S. diplomat who was the first U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union.
A journalist, diplomat, and writer, William Christian Bullitt (1891–1967) negotiated with Lenin and Stalin, Churchill and de Gaulle, Chiang Kai-shek and.

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A journalist, diplomat, and writer, William Christian Bullitt (1891–1967) negotiated with Lenin and Stalin, Churchill and de Gaulle, Chiang Kai-shek and Goering. He took part in the talks that ended World War I and those that failed to prevent World War II. While his former disciples led American diplomacy into the Cold War, Bullitt became an early enthusiast of the European Union. From his early (1919) proposal of disassembling the former Russian Empire into dozens of independent states, to his much later (1944) advice to land the American troops in the Balkans rather than in Normandy, Bullitt developed a dissenting vision of the major events of his era. A connoisseur of American politics, Russian history, Viennese psychoanalysis, and French wine, Bullitt was also the author of two novels and a number of plays. A friend of Sigmund Freud, Bullitt coauthored with him a sensational biography of President Wilson. A friend of Bullitt, Mikhail Bulgakov depicted him as the devil figure in The Master and Margarita. Taking seriously Bullitt’s projects and foresights, this book

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William Christian Bullitt (1891–1967)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Pennsylvania

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: November 21, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: December 13, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left Russia May 16, 1936
- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation. Commissioned to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (France)
Appointed: August 25, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: October 13, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left La Bourboule July 11, 1940

Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; r
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William Christian Bullitt Jr.
American diplomat (1891–1967)
William Christian Bullitt Jr.
In office
October 13, 1936 – July 11, 1940
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by Jesse I. Strauss
Succeeded by William D. Leahy
In office
December 13, 1933 – May 16, 1936
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by David R. Francis
(as Ambassador to Russia)
Succeeded by Joseph E. Davies
Born January 25, 1891
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died February 15, 1967(1967-02-15) (aged 76)
Neuilly, France
Political party Republican (after 1948)^[1]
Other political
affiliations Democratic (before 1948)
Spouses
Aimee Ernesta Drinker

(m. 1916; div. 1923)
Louise Bryant

(m. 1924; div. 1930)
Children 2
William Christian Bullitt Jr. (January 25, 1891 – February 15, 1967) was an American diplomat, journalist, and novelist. He is known for his special mission t

William Christian Bullitt Jr.

In office October 13, 1936 – July 11, 1940
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Jesse I. Strauss
Succeeded by	William D. Leahy
In office December 13, 1933 – May 16, 1936
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	David R. Francis (as Ambassador to Russia)
Succeeded by	Joseph E. Davies
Born	January 25, 1891 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	February 15, 1967(1967-02-15) (aged 76) Neuilly, France
Political party	Republican (after 1948)^[1]
Other political affiliations	Democratic (before 1948)
Spouses	Aimee Ernesta Drinker (m. 1916; div. 1923) Louise Bryant (m. 1924; div. 1930)
Children	2