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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... ment , but rather expanded its frontiers . T. Michael Ruddy examines the American response to neutral- ism during the 1950s , focusing on Finland , " a nation precariously poised on the border of the Soviet Union . " Ruddy emphasizes ...
... ment of Jefferson , implicit in his initial study , as " the dominant figure of his age . " s Following this major publication , Kaplan continued to write on specific problems of the early national period in articles for scholarly ...
... ment the facts of colonial autonomy and colonial diplomacy . They existed ; they flourished . " 8 Kaplan shows how soon this irrepressible nationalism led to America's revolution . From this point on , he advances several significant ...
... ment to a strict construction of the Constitution , embracing , in effect , the broad interpretation dear to Hamiltonians . Kaplan de- fends this shift in principle , as well as other concessions to expe- diency . He argues that ...
... ment to the importance of NATO as an object of historical study in its own right . Secondly , coupled with his other major field of historical interest , Thomas Jefferson and Jeffersonian politics , Kaplan is intrigued by the ...
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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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