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The romance of history : essays in honor of Lawrence S. Kaplan / edited by Scott L. Bills & E. Timothy Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization--History.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Cold War.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1801-1809.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Abbreviations ""; ""Historiography ""; ""1. Perspectives on the Early Republic ""; ""2. NATO and the United States: An Essay in Kaplanesque History ""; ""Keynote ""; ""3. Diplomacy without Armaments, 1945�1950 ""; ""Articles ""; ""4. ""Answering the Call"": The First Inaugural Addresses of Thomas Jefferson and William Jefferson Clinton ""; ""5. Internationalism and the Republican Era ""; ""6. Public History Serves the Nation: The Historical Service Board, 1943�1945 ""
- ""7. The African Sojourn of the Council of Foreign Ministers: Transnational Planning and Anglo-American Diplomacy, 1945�1948 """"8. Beyond the Water's Edge: Liberal Internationalist and Pacifist Opposition to NATO ""; ""9. Republican Party Politics, Foreign Policy, and the Election of 1952 ""; ""10. Confronting Cold War Neutralism: The Eisenhower Administration and Finland, A Case Study ""; ""11. The Unwanted Alliance: Portugal and the United States ""; ""Notes ""; ""Select Bibliography ""; ""List of Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations ""; ""Contributors ""; ""Index ""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-285) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61277-135-1
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