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PRESIDENTS, DIPLOMATS, AND OTHER MORTALS
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J. Garry Clifford (Editor), Theodore A. Wilson (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£59.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0826217478 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780826217479 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
22 June, 2007 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
Provides analytical narratives of how and why policies were devised and implemented that would determine the place of the United States in the international arena since the 1860s. This work examines presidents and other diplomats at their best and worst in the practice of statecraft. |
| Synopsis: |
From Abraham Lincoln's stance on international slavery to George W. Bush's incursions on the world stage, American presidents and other leaders have taken decisive actions to shape our country's foreign policy. This new collection of essays provides analytical narratives of how and why policies were devised and implemented that would determine the place of the United States in the international arena from the 1860s to the present. Showing what individuals do - or choose not to do - is central to understanding diplomacy in peace and war. These writings examine presidents and other diplomats at their best and worst in the practice of statecraft. They take on issues ranging from America's economic expansion abroad to the relations of democracies with authoritarian leaders and rogue nations to advocacy of such concepts as internationalism, unilateralism, nation-building, and regime change. In so doing, they take readers on a virtual tour of American diplomatic history, tracing the ideas and actions of individuals in shaping our foreign policy, whether George F. Kennan as author of Soviet containment or Ronald Reagan as progenitor of "Star Wars."The essays range over a variety of scenarios to depict leaders coming to grips with real-world situations. They offer original views on such topics as American diplomacy toward Nicaragua, origins of U.S. attitudes toward Russia and the Soviet Union, FDR's idiosyncratic approach to statecraft, and food diplomacy as practiced by LBJ and Richard Nixon. And in considering post - Cold War crises, they address Bill Clinton's military interventions, George W. Bush's war against Iraq, and the half-century background to the current nuclear standoff with Iran. Additional articles pay tribute to the outstanding career of Robert H. Ferrell as a scholar and teacher. "Presidents, Diplomats, and Other Mortals" is both a collection of compelling historical studies and an overarching case study of the role of individuals in foreign policymaking and an insightful review of some of history's most important moments. Taken together, these essays provide a fitting tribute to Ferrell, the trailblazing scholar in whose honor the book was written. |
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index |
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US |
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University of Missouri Press |
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