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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... positions . Kaplan was recruited for work in the Pentagon , in the Office of the Historian , and assigned to study ... position . " And so I made the choice . I was twenty - nine years old and figured if I didn't get into teaching now ...
... position than the more extravagant . " And NATO ? " I think NATO has to survive , for our own sake .... Europe needs NATO not just because of Russia but because of Germany . " The North Atlantic Treaty Organization " provides a ...
... evolu- tion in his Cold War views from what they call a traditionalist / realist model toward a postrevisionist position , specifically , a moderate neorealist . The authors found three main themes in INTRODUCTION xix.
... position to menace distant lands in the immediate postwar years . Noting Harry Truman's inexperience , Ferrell describes a floundering foreign policy in the months after Franklin Roosevelt's death in April 1945. Although Truman was a ...
... position . Indeed , as Kaplan maintains , he " never wavered in his belief that America's pros- perity , if not survival , depended on the strength of France . " Kaplan also points out that Jefferson was , " above all else , an American ...
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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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