The Romance of History: Essays in Honor of Lawrence S. KaplanScott L. Bills, E. Timothy Smith Kent State University Press, 1997 - Počet stran: 304 The Romance of History is a collection of articles and essays which reflects the varied professional interests of eminent diplomatic historian Lawrence S. Kaplan. The collection is drawn largely from Kaplan's former students--accomplished scholars in their own right--but also features senior colleagues. Throughout a lifetime of teaching and scholarship, Kaplan has accomplished one of the most important tasks of historians: to tell stories that enlightens and provoke. He has helped probe and define two vital areas of American history: the diplomacy of the early republics and the evolution of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Both eras were filled with challenges, risks, and policymakers alternately wise and unwise, brash and humble, idealistic and pragmatic; both eras were punctuated by crises that appeared to threaten the foundations of the nation; and, for Kaplan, both were linked by a common thread of reason and the patient effort to shape an effective diplomacy among shifting global rivals. The Romance of History is a tribute to a fine historian, demonstrating the range and scope of his interests. |
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... concerned with keeping alive an intellectual life of sorts even in the service , and that was a way of doing it . " He recalls also the important experience of participating in the lib- eration of a Filipino town on the island of Samar ...
... graduate student recalled , " I remember him as a warm , caring , and concerned teacher . I remember him as an enthralling lecturer able to hold people's interest quite easily . ' Nobody ever cared about Maine , ' he would INTRODUCTION XV.
... concerns are revealed in his initial writings about the early na- tional period , that " much of his thinking on the history of the developing republic shows an unusual stability . " DeConde em- phasizes Kaplan's " balanced judgment ...
... concerned that the Soviets would exploit neutralism in order to generate greater influence in world affairs . The author looks at the role of Finnish leader Juro K. Paasikivi in presiding over a policy that mollified Stalin's worries ...
... concerns with foreign policy issues . His inter- pretation of national party origins , though , rests on solid ground because the rivalry between Jefferson and Hamilton did not split George Washington's government until Britain went to ...
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Keynote | 33 |
Diplomacy without Armaments 19451950 | 35 |
Articles | 51 |
Answering the Call The First Inaugural Addresses of Thomas Jefferson and William Jefferson Clinton | 53 |
Internationalism and the Republican Era | 68 |
Public History Serves the Nation The Historical Service Board 19431945 | 88 |
Republican Party Politics Foreign Policy and the Election of 1952 | 167 |
Confronting Cold War Neutralism The Eisenhower Administration and Finland A Case Study | 196 |
The Unwanted Alliance Portugal and the United States | 214 |
Notes | 229 |
WORKS BY LAWRENCE S KAPLAN | 279 |
Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations Directed by Lawrence S Kaplan | 287 |
Contributors | 293 |
Index | 297 |
The African Sojourn of the Council of Foreign Ministers Transnational Planning and AngloAmerican Diplomacy 19451948 | 102 |
Beyond the Waters Edge Liberal Internationalist and Pacifist Opposition to NATO | 142 |
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