Part 18 in our twenty part series on George Herring's From Colony to Superpower brings us to 1974, and Gerald Ford's unlikely ascension to the office of the Presidency. The chapter ends with the election of Ronald Reagan. In between, Herring expresses unlikely sympathy for...
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We're now to part 17 of our twenty part series on George Herring's From Colony to Superpower. I am told that there is the possibility that the second half of.
The most exciting piracy event in recent memory happened to correspond with a period in which I had almost zero time to blog. A bit more on that later, of.
Chapter XVI of From Colony to Superpower covers the Kennedy and Johnson years. Erik has some additional thoughts on chapter XV; check them out. The time periods covered by chapters have shortened from about 15 to about 8 years since the beginning of the book,...
Erik leads off the 15th installment of our 20 part series on George Herring's From Colony to Superpower with a discussion of John Foster Dulles, and of the role of.
I'm hosting a Firedoglake book salon for Juan Cole's latest, Engaging the Muslim World, at 5pm this afternoon. Swing by if you get a chance...
Erik starts off this week's discussion of From Colony to Superpower. Chapter XIII covers the years between 1942 and 1945, which involved a rather significant expansion of the global profile of the United States. Herring talks a bit about the debate that surrounded the decision...
Chapter XII of From Colony to Superpower covers the period between 1932 and 1941. This is, as far as I can recall, the first time that Herring has broken up.
Read Erik's contribution first; for some reason he seems to think that Calvin Coolidge was a boring guy. He also talks a bit about US policy towards Latin America and.
Chapter X of From Colony to Superpower covers the Wilson administration. There's a lot here; much of the chapter deals with US relations with Mexico, which Erik is probably a bit more qualified to discuss, and which I'll accordingly return to in the second round....
Some kind, anonymous soul picked up my bag off the street and delivered it to my office, meaning that I didn't have to buy another copy of Herring's From Colony.
This week's Herring installment will be delayed due to the fact that I apparently left my copy of From Colony to Superpower on the trunk of my car shortly before.