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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... Defense path into NATO , that linked NATO to the Pen- tagon . " Much of the work of Pentagon historians consisted of " writing their semiannual reports , which were dreadful things . " But Kaplan had found a new interest . " I conceived ...
... defensive war against the aggressive younger generation , fueled by the Vietnam issue , who were after the consensus historians , " lamented Kaplan . The proponents of orthodoxy were assailed in a manner that violated what Peter Novick ...
... . Eisenhower Library DEPITCOL Deputies for the Former Italian Colonies DSNA EDC Department of State Records , National Archives European Defense Community FNLA FO FOR FRELIMO FRUS HSB JCS LEP LFNS LNNPA XXV Abbreviations.
... Defense , Kaplan has produced important studies that highlight aspects of the begin- nings of the Atlantic Alliance , the evolution of the organization over the years , and the intriguing relationship between NATO and the United States ...
... Defense , it is a meticu- lously researched study of the origins , trials , and tribulations of the Military Assistance Program in the years 1948-51 . A first draft was completed in the 1950s but shelved in the face of more press- ing ...
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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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