Presidents, diplomats, and other mortals : essays honoring Robert H. Ferrell / / edited by J. Garry Clifford and Theodore A. Wilson

• Pubblicazione: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.73
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations; United States Diplomatic history
• Altri autori: CliffordJ. Garry <1942-> (John Garry) WilsonTheodore A. <1940-> FerrellRobert H
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 García"" ; ""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"" ; ""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"" ; ""Robert H. Ferrell's Ph.D. Students""""About the Contributors""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Presidents, diplomats, and other mortals
• ISBN: 0-8262-6571-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818871003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II