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'''H. Wickham Steed''' full name '''Henry Wickham Steed''' (October 10, 1871 - January 13, 1956) was a British journalist and historian. He was born in Long Melford, England.
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'''H. Wickham Steed''' full name '''Henry Wickham Steed''' (October 10, 1871 - January 13, 1956) was a British journalist and historian.<ref>[http://www.bookyards.com/biography.html?author_id=3124&author_name=Steed%2C+H.+Wickham]</ref>
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Steed was [[anti-semitic]] and a Germanophobe; in a editoral he wrote in the London Times in 1914, he labeled efforts to stop the impeding war as "German-Jewish trick".  
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Appointed by [[Joseph Pulitzer]] as Paris correspondent for the New York ''World''. He joined ''[[The Times]]'' of London as a foreign correspondent and was editor from 1919 until his resignation in 1922. The following year he became editor of ''Review of Reviews'' (1923-30), the journal that had been established by William Stead in 1890. An leading expert on [[Eastern Europe]], his views had much influence with decision-makers such as high level bureaucrats and Cabinet politicians in the [[First World War]] and its aftermath. During the war, Steed befriended anti-[[Habsburg]] émigrés such as [[Edvard Benes]], [[Tomas Masaryk]] and [[Roman Dmowski]] and advised the British government to seek the liquation of [[Austria-Hungary]] as a war aim. Steed was [[anti-semitic]] and a Germanophobe; in a editoral he wrote in the London Times in 1914, he labeled efforts to stop the impeding war as "German-Jewish trick".  
 
  
 
== Books by H. Wickham Steed ==
 
== Books by H. Wickham Steed ==
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* [http://yamaguchy.netfirms.com/vegyes/steedjews.html ''The Hapsburg Monarchy'']  (1913)
 
* [http://yamaguchy.netfirms.com/vegyes/steedjews.html ''The Hapsburg Monarchy'']  (1913)
 
* [http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/books.php?op=viewbook&bookid=2&pre=1 ''A Short History of Austria-Hungary and Poland'']  (1914).
 
* [http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/books.php?op=viewbook&bookid=2&pre=1 ''A Short History of Austria-Hungary and Poland'']  (1914).
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== References ==
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Revision as of 14:03, October 14, 2008

H. Wickham Steed full name Henry Wickham Steed (October 10, 1871 - January 13, 1956) was a British journalist and historian.[1] Steed was anti-semitic and a Germanophobe; in a editoral he wrote in the London Times in 1914, he labeled efforts to stop the impeding war as "German-Jewish trick".

Books by H. Wickham Steed

References

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