Thinking Otherwise : How Walter LaFeber Explained the History of US Foreign Relations

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brewer, Susan A., editor.

Immerman, Richard H., editor.

Little, Douglas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Thinking Otherwise addresses the question of what makes a great historian by exploring the teaching and scholarship of Walter LaFeber, widely acclaimed as the most distinguished historian of US foreign relations. This volume of essays, edited by Susan A. Brewer, Richard H. Immerman, and Douglas Little, is a testament to a scholar who published more than a dozen books during his time at Cornell University, where he delivered legendary lectures for half a century. The chapters trace LaFeber's journey as a scholar and demonstrate his enduring influence on the history of US foreign relations by linking six of his monographs to his abiding concern about the fate of the American experiment from the 18th century to the present. Thinking Otherwise explains and assesses the scholarship of a historian whose work became canonical in his lifetime and continues to resonate throughout public policy debates.

Contents:

Introduction : Thinking Otherwise / Susan A. Brewer, Richard H. Immerman, and Douglas Little

Remembering Walt : From the Arts Quad to the Beacon Theatre / David Green and Douglas Little

Walter LaFeber : The Making of a Wisconsin School Revisionist / Lloyd C. Gardner and Thomas J. McCormick

Finding Walter LaFeber in the Records / David A. Langbart

Extending the Sphere : The New Empire / Susan A. Brewer and Robert E. Hannigan

Reconstructing the Backstory : America, Russia, and the Cold War / Frank Costigliola and Jeffrey A. Engel

Thinking about Democracy : Inevitable Revolutions / Lorena Oropeza and James F. Siekmeier

Turning to Asia : The Clash / Anne L. Foster and Andrew Rotter

Demystifying Globalization and US Power : Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism / Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu and Jessica Wang

Confronting the Tocqueville Problem : The Deadly Bet / Eric Alterman and Richard H. Immerman

Coda : With a Bow to Walter LaFeber, "What Then Can We Say in Conclusion?" / Susan A. Brewer, Richard H. Immerman, and Douglas Little

Bibliography of Walter LaFeber's Works : How Did He Ever Find the Time?.

ISBN:

9781501777592

1501777599