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Eyes on the stars and feet on the ground : the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt / Howard Jones ; edited by Donald A Rakestraw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Howard, 1940-2022, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- Roosevelt, Theodore.
- United States--Foreign relations--1901-1909.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1901-1909.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2025]
- Summary:
- "In this book, the late Howard Jones, one of the most distinguished historians of American foreign relations of his generation, highlights the path to peace that Roosevelt had begun to develop shortly before becoming president and tried to implement throughout his White House tenure"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue. Obstacle walk-from "black care" to the White House
- Securing the "American" hemisphere
- Long live the republic of Panama! Long live President Roosevelt!
- Union of the oceans
- Adventures in statecraft
- from Alaska to the Caribbean
- Road to Port Arthur and the Russo-Japanese War
- Peace at Portsmouth
- Navigating turbulent Japanese Waters
- Algeciras
- a seat at the table
- Epilogue. It is not having been in the dark house, but having left it, that counts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Jones, Howard, 1940-2022. Eyes on the stars and feet on the ground
- ISBN:
- 9798881801892
- OCLC:
- 1454720400
- Publisher Number:
- 90101651938
- CIPO000161565
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