LEADER 03810nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910818871003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8262-6571-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481751 035 $a(EBL)3570948 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000226709 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188091 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226709 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10263405 035 $a(PQKB)11722871 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570948 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570948 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10203774 035 $a(OCoLC)932325791 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481751 100 $a20070129d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPresidents, diplomats, and other mortals $eessays honoring Robert H. Ferrell /$fedited by J. Garry Clifford and Theodore A. Wilson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (363 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8262-1747-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Presidents, Diplomats, and Other Mortals""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction Individuals, Narratives, and Diplomatic History""; ""1. Howard Jones Toward a More Perfect Union Lincoln and the Death of Slavery""; ""2. Eugene P. Trani and Donald E. Davis A Tale of Two Kennans American-Russian Relations in the Twentieth Century""; ""3. Richard H. Bradford Our Man in Managua Lawrence Dennis and the 1926 Nicaraguan Crisis""; ""4. William Kamman A Friendly Problem Washington's Assessment of Anastasio Somoza Garci?a"" 327 $a""5. J. Garry Clifford and Theodore A. Wilson Blundering on the Brink, 1941 FDR and the 203-202 Vote Reconsidered""""6. Ross Gregory America and Saudi Arabia, Act I The Conference of Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud in February 1945""; ""7. William B. Pickett Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair A Forty-Six-Year Retrospective""; ""8. Charles M. Dobbs Lyndon Johnson, Dean Rusk, and the China Question""; ""9. Nick Cullather Scenes of Disaster Johnson, Nixon, and the Dramatic Uses of Famine""; ""10. Miriam Joyce Washington and Doha The Beginnings, 1971-1974"" 327 $a""11. Stephen Vaughn Cinema and National Defense Another Look at Ronald Reagan and Hollywood""""12. Terry H. Anderson Revisionism George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and the Origins of the Iraq War""; ""13. James Goode Crisis without End The United States and Iran from Truman to Bush""; ""14. Thomas H. Buckley Clinton's Wilsonian Military Interventions A Critique""; ""15. Arnold A. Offner Harry S. Truman, George W. Bush, and the Perils of Regime Change""; ""16. J. Garry Clifford The Young Bob Ferrell From Yale to Indiana""; ""17. Lawrence Kaplan Robert H. Ferrell An Appreciation"" 327 $a""Robert H. Ferrell's Ph.D. Students""""About the Contributors""; ""Index"" 330 $a"Examining the role of the United States in the international arena from the 1860s to the present, these essays in honor of Robert H. Ferrell consider presidents from Lincoln to Bush, as well as the success or failure of diplomatic efforts in Russia, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and elsewhere"--Provided by publisher. 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations 607 $aUnited States$xDiplomatic history 676 $a327.73 701 $aClifford$b J. Garry$g(John Garry),$f1942-$01598418 701 $aWilson$b Theodore A.$f1940-$0763595 701 $aFerrell$b Robert H$0484865 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818871003321 996 $aPresidents, diplomats, and other mortals$93920659 997 $aUNINA