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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 an editoral he wrote in the London Times in 1914, he labeled efforts to stop the impending war as "German-Jewish trick".

Books by H. Wickham Steed

The Hapsburg Monarchy (1913)
A Short History of Austria-Hungary and Poland (1914).

References

â Bookyards.com Biography

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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.
+'''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 ''Bookyards.com'' Biography]</ref>
+Steed was [[anti-semitic]] and a Germanophobe; in an editoral he wrote in the London Times in 1914, he labeled efforts to stop the impending war as "German-Jewish trick".
-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 ==
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 * [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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