The Morgenthau Diaries

by Henry Morgenthau Sr., Robert Lester

Reproduces the daily diaries of Henry Morgenthau, Jr. which reflect his wide and varied interests: U.S. and international economics; government's responsibility to its citizens; social reform; preparations for war; and refugees and displaced persons, particularly European Jews.

Hardcover

Published June 1, 1999

About the author

Lawyer, businessman and United States ambassador, most famous as the American ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. As ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Morgenthau has come to be identified as the most prominent American to speak out against the Armenian Genocide.
Morgenthau was the father of the politician Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. His grandchildren included Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of Manhattan for 35 years, and the historian Barbara Tuchman.