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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clifford, J. Garry (John Garry), 1942-2014.

Wilson, Theodore A., 1940-2023.

Ferrell, Robert H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomatic history.

International relations.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--History.

United States.

United States--Diplomatic history.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

x, 350 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2007]

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Introduction: Individuals, Narratives, and Diplomatic History / Theodore A. Wilson 1

I A Nineteenth-Century Icon

Toward a More Perfect Union: Lincoln and the Death of Slavery / Howard Jones 15

II Early Twentieth Century

A Tale of Two Kennans: American-Russian Relations in the Twentieth Century / Eugene P. Trani, Donald E. Davis 31

Our Man in Managua: Lawrence Dennis and the 1926 Nicaraguan Crisis / Richard H. Bradford 56

A Friendly Problem: Washington's Assessment of Anastasio Somoza Garcia / William Kamman 71

III FDR: The Sphinx

Blundering on the Brink, 1941: FDR and the 203-202 Vote Reconsidered / J. Garry Clifford, Theodore A. Wilson 99

America and Saudi Arabia, Act I: The Conference of Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud in February 1945 / Ross Gregory 116

IV From Eisenhower to Reagan

Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair: A Forty-Six-Year Retrospective / William B. Pickett 137

Lyndon Johnson, Dean Rusk, and the China Question / Charles M. Dobbs 154

Scenes of Disaster: Johnson, Nixon, and the Dramatic Uses of Famine / Nick Cullather 174

Washington and Doha: The Beginnings, 1971-1974 / Miriam Joyce 189

Cinema and National Defense: Another Look at Ronald Reagan and Hollywood / Stephen Vaughn 208

V Background of Post-Cold War Crises

Revisionism: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and the Origins of the Iraq War / Terry H. Anderson 231

Crisis without End: The United States and Iran from Truman to Bush / James Goode 250

Clinton's Wilsonian Military Interventions: A Critique / Thomas H. Buckley 264

Harry S. Truman, George W. Bush, and the Perils of Regime Change / Arnold A. Offner 281

Appendix Robert H. Ferrell, Teacher and Scholar

The Young Bob Ferrell: From Yale to Indiana / J. Garry Clifford 307

Robert H. Ferrell: An Appreciation / Lawrence Kaplan 316

Robert H. Ferrell's Ph.D. Students 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826217479

0826217478

OCLC:

82471450