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John Quincy Adams warned Americans not to search abroad for
monsters to destroy, yet such figures have frequently habituated
the discourses of U.S. foreign policy. This collection of essays
focuses on counter-identities in American consciousness to explain
how foreign policies and the discourse surrounding them develop.
Whether it is the seemingly ubiquitous evil of Hitler during World
War II or the more complicated perceptions of communism throughout
the Cold War, these essays illuminate the cultural contexts that
constructed rival identities. The authors challenge our
understanding of "others," looking at early applications of the
concept in the eighteenth century to recent twenty-first century
conflicts, establishing how this phenomenon is central to decision
making through centuries of conflict.
John Quincy Adams warned Americans not to search abroad for
monsters to destroy, yet such figures have frequently habituated
the discourses of U.S. foreign policy. This collection of essays
focuses on counter-identities in American consciousness to explain
how foreign policies and the discourse surrounding them develop.
Whether it is the seemingly ubiquitous evil of Hitler during World
War II or the more complicated perceptions of communism throughout
the Cold War, these essays illuminate the cultural contexts that
constructed rival identities. The authors challenge our
understanding of "others," looking at early applications of the
concept in the eighteenth century to recent twenty-first century
conflicts, establishing how this phenomenon is central to decision
making through centuries of conflict.
In 2011 Barack Obama invited ten distinguished biographers to the
White House to ask them one question: which past American president
should I emulate? This was not the first time Obama asked scholars
this, but the answer he received would differ as presidential
legacies waxed and waned. In 2008 Obama chose Lincoln; in 2009,
Reagan; and in 2010, Theodore Roosevelt. Perspectives on
Presidential Leadership is an examination of presidential legacy,
and in particular an analysis of the first ever UK ranking of
American presidents which took place in 2011. In thirteen chapters,
thirteen individual presidential administrations are assessed. Some
presidents have been considered a success, others a failure; both
types are featured in these thirteen case studies in a measured
attempt to understand how the perception of presidential leadership
evolves, shifts, and contorts across three centuries of American
politics. The case studies also derive from the expertise of the
collected British, Irish and Canadian authors, all of whom are
leading scholars in their fields, and many of which took part in
the 2011 survey. At a time when understanding presidential legacy
is in high demand, this book offers a unique international
perspective. Through extended commentary and inter-disciplinary
study of the UK perspective it provides groundbreaking research.
In 2011 Barack Obama invited ten distinguished biographers to the
White House to ask them one question: which past American president
should I emulate? This was not the first time Obama asked scholars
this, but the answer he received would differ as presidential
legacies waxed and waned. In 2008 Obama chose Lincoln; in 2009,
Reagan; and in 2010, Theodore Roosevelt. Perspectives on
Presidential Leadership is an examination of presidential legacy,
and in particular an analysis of the first ever UK ranking of
American presidents which took place in 2011. In thirteen chapters,
thirteen individual presidential administrations are assessed. Some
presidents have been considered a success, others a failure; both
types are featured in these thirteen case studies in a measured
attempt to understand how the perception of presidential leadership
evolves, shifts, and contorts across three centuries of American
politics. The case studies also derive from the expertise of the
collected British, Irish and Canadian authors, all of whom are
leading scholars in their fields, and many of which took part in
the 2011 survey. At a time when understanding presidential legacy
is in high demand, this book offers a unique international
perspective. Through extended commentary and inter-disciplinary
study of the UK perspective it provides groundbreaking research.
This book sheds new light on the life and times of Theodore
Roosevelt, drawing on a remarkable set of oral histories gathered
in the 1950s from those who knew him. Remembering Theodore
Roosevelt presents fourteen intimate interviews with Roosevelt's
friends, family, and contemporaries. Never before published, the
transcripts reveal colorful details about the infamous Rough
Riders, the political scene in New York City, the lives of his
extended family, including the Hyde Park Roosevelts Franklin and
Eleanor, and how the former president inspired successive
generations. The book benefits from the author's discerning
annotations and commentary that provide the reader with
lesser-known facts and a full appreciation of the oral history
project.
What do we remember about US Presidents, and how do we come to
commemorate their legacies? Few personalities loom larger than the
President of the United States. Their accomplishments and failures
are forensically documented, and their personal lives are under
constant scrutiny from the media. But how does a president's legacy
emerge, and how to do we come to commemorate it? In Constructing
Presidential Legacy, world-leading experts take a
multi-disciplinary approach to explore how presidents are
remembered. They look at multiple presidents, including Washington,
Jefferson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson,
Eisenhower, Reagan, Obama and Trump. Discover how presidential
legacies are constructed during and after a President's time in the
Whitehouse, and how they are portrayed in media such as film,
museums, public art, political invocations, pop culture, literature
and evolving technological advancements.
This book presents oral histories from the last surviving UK
veterans of the Korean War. With the help of the UK National Army
Museum and the British Korean Society, this book collects nearly
twenty testimonials of UK veterans of the Korean War. Many only
teenagers when mobilized, these veterans attempt to put words to
the violence and trauma they experienced. They recall the landscape
and people of Korea, the political backdrop, and touching moments
in unlikely situations. Like other oral histories of war, their
stories recount friendship, hardship, the loss of innocence, and
the perseverance of humanity in the face of cruelty. The
testimonies were taken by academics and students from the
University of Roehampton, and supported by the National Army Museum
and the British Korean Society. Through their memories we learn a
great deal about the conflict in macro and micro scales.
This handbook examines the personal relationships between American
presidents and British prime ministers. It aims to determine how
personal diplomacy shaped the Anglo-American relationship and
whether individual leaders made the relationship "special." From
the great rapprochement of the 1890s to the Cold War and
contemporary transatlantic rapport, the Anglo-American relationship
has been one of global significance, making presidents and prime
ministers central to international security, trade and commerce,
culture, and communication. Naturally, it explores the ideas and
convictions of presidents and prime ministers, the political
parties they led, as well as the political images constructed in
the media and how the aura of the Anglo-American relationship might
differ from the reality. With a deeper understanding of these
political leaders and the relationship they forge with their
counterparts, we come that much closer to appreciating the dynamics
of transatlantic statecraft.
This handbook examines the personal relationships between American
presidents and British prime ministers. It aims to determine how
personal diplomacy shaped the Anglo-American relationship and
whether individual leaders made the relationship "special." From
the great rapprochement of the 1890s to the Cold War and
contemporary transatlantic rapport, the Anglo-American relationship
has been one of global significance, making presidents and prime
ministers central to international security, trade and commerce,
culture, and communication. Naturally, it explores the ideas and
convictions of presidents and prime ministers, the political
parties they led, as well as the political images constructed in
the media and how the aura of the Anglo-American relationship might
differ from the reality. With a deeper understanding of these
political leaders and the relationship they forge with their
counterparts, we come that much closer to appreciating the dynamics
of transatlantic statecraft.
In 1899, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay wrote six world powers
calling for an 'Open Door' in China that would guarantee equal
trading opportunities, curtail colonial annexation, and prevent
conflict in the Far East. Within a year, the region had succumbed
to renewed colonisation and war, but despite the apparent failure
of Hay's diplomacy, the ideal of the Open Door emerged as the
central component of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth century.
Just as visions of 'Manifest Destiny' shaped continental expansion
in the nineteenth century, Woodrow Wilson used the Open Door to
make the case for a world 'safe for democracy', Franklin Roosevelt
developed it to inspire the fight against totalitarianism and
imperialism, and Cold War containment policy envisioned
international communism as the latest threat to a global system
built upon peace, openness, and exchange. In a concise yet
wide-ranging examination of its origins and development, readers
will discover how the idea of the Open Door came to define the
American Century.Key Features:Uncovers the ideological wellspring
of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth centuryPresents debates
over U.S. foreign policy, including the 'Wisconsin School' critique
of the Open Door as a mechanism of informal empireReveals both the
consistency of U. S. foreign policy thinking and offers a deeper
context to critical foreign policy decisionsContextulises the roots
of contemporary U.S. policy
What do we remember about US Presidents, and how do we come to
commemorate their legacies? Few personalities loom larger than the
President of the United States. Their accomplishments and failures
are forensically documented, and their personal lives are under
constant scrutiny from the media. But how does a president's legacy
emerge, and how to do we come to commemorate it? In Constructing
Presidential Legacy, world-leading experts take a
multi-disciplinary approach to explore how presidents are
remembered. They look at multiple presidents, including Washington,
Jefferson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson,
Eisenhower, Reagan, Obama and Trump. Discover how presidential
legacies are constructed during and after a President's time in the
Whitehouse, and how they are portrayed in media such as film,
museums, public art, political invocations, pop culture, literature
and evolving technological advancements.
In 1899, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay wrote six world powers
calling for an Open Door in China that would guarantee equal
trading opportunities, curtail colonial annexation, and prevent
conflict in the Far East. Within a year, the region had succumbed
to renewed colonisation and war, but despite the apparent failure
of Hay's diplomacy, the ideal of the Open Door emerged as the
central component of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth century.
Just as visions of Manifest Destiny'shaped continental expansion in
the nineteenth century, Woodrow Wilson used the Open Door to make
the case for a world safe for democracy, Franklin Roosevelt
developed it to inspire the fight against totalitarianism and
imperialism, and Cold War containment policy envisioned
international communism as the latest threat to a global system
built upon peace, openness, and exchange. In a concise yet
wide-ranging examination of its origins and development, readers
will discover how the idea of the Open Door came to define the
American Century.
A century after his death, Theodore Roosevelt remains one of the
most recognizable figures in U.S. history, with depictions of the
president ranging from the brave commander of the Rough Riders to a
trailblazing progressive politician and early environmentalist to
little more than a caricature of grinning teeth hiding behind a
mustache and pince-nez. Theodore Roosevelt's Ghost follows the
continuing shifts and changes in this president's reputation since
his unexpected passing in 1919. In the most comprehensive
examination of Roosevelt's legacy, Michael Patrick Cullinane
explores the frequent refashioning of this American icon in popular
memory. The immediate aftermath of Roosevelt's death created a
groundswell of mourning and goodwill that ensured his place among
the great Americans of his generation, a stature bolstered by the
charitable and political work of his surviving family. When
Franklin Roosevelt ascended to the presidency, he worked to situate
himself as the natural heir of Theodore Roosevelt, reshaping his
distant cousin's legacy to reflect New Deal values of
progressivism, intervention, and patriotism. Others retroactively
adapted Roosevelt's actions and political record to fit the
discourse of social movements from anticommunism to civil rights,
with varying degrees of success. Richard Nixon's frequent
invocation led to a decline in Roosevelt's popularity and a
corresponding revival effort by scholars endeavoring to give an
accurate, nuanced picture of the 26th president. This wide-ranging
study reveals how successive generations shaped the public memory
of Roosevelt through their depictions of him in memorials,
political invocations, art, architecture, historical scholarship,
literature, and popular culture. Cullinane emphasizes the
historical contexts of public memory, exploring the means by which
different communities worked to construct specific representations
of Roosevelt, often adapting his legacy to suit the changing needs
of the present. Theodore Roosevelt's Ghost provides a compelling
perspective on the last century of U.S. history as seen through the
myriad interpretations of one of its most famous and indefatigable
icons.
A century after his death, Theodore Roosevelt remains one of the
most recognizable figures in U.S. history, with depictions of the
president ranging from the brave commander of the Rough Riders to a
trailblazing progressive politician and early environmentalist to
little more than a caricature of grinning teeth hiding behind a
mustache and pince-nez. Theodore Roosevelt's Ghost follows the
continuing shifts and changes in this president's reputation since
his unexpected passing in 1919. In the most comprehensive
examination of Roosevelt's legacy, Michael Patrick Cullinane
explores the frequent refashioning of this American icon in popular
memory. The immediate aftermath of Roosevelt's death created a
groundswell of mourning and goodwill that ensured his place among
the great Americans of his generation, a stature bolstered by the
charitable and political work of his surviving family. When
Franklin Roosevelt ascended to the presidency, he worked to situate
himself as the natural heir of Theodore Roosevelt, reshaping his
distant cousin's legacy to reflect New Deal values of
progressivism, intervention, and patriotism. Others retroactively
adapted Roosevelt's actions and political record to fit the
discourse of social movements from anticommunism to civil rights,
with varying degrees of success. Richard Nixon's frequent
invocation led to a decline in Roosevelt's popularity and a
corresponding revival effort by scholars endeavoring to give an
accurate, nuanced picture of the 26th president. This wide-ranging
study reveals how successive generations shaped the public memory
of Roosevelt through their depictions of him in memorials,
political invocations, art, architecture, historical scholarship,
literature, and popular culture. Cullinane emphasizes the
historical contexts of public memory, exploring the means by which
different communities worked to construct specific representations
of Roosevelt, often adapting his legacy to suit the changing needs
of the present. Theodore Roosevelt's Ghost provides a compelling
perspective on the last century of U.S. history as seen through the
myriad interpretations of one of its most famous and indefatigable
icons.
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