On to chapter IV of From Colony to Superpower…Herring clearly prefers the last of the Virginia Dynasty to the previous two. Much of the credit for Monroe’s foreign policy competence goes to John Quincy Adams, who Herring (among others) gives place of honor among US...
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Erik leads off this week's discussion of From Colony to Superpower. Chapter 3 deals with the period between 1801 and 1815. This period saw the dominance of the Republicans, and.
Erik writes about the harsh criticism that John Jay received upon returning from Europe on the conclusion of the Jay Treaty. This was ridiculous. Herring states that Jay probably gave.
George Washington composed his Farewell Address in cooperation with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. The process took roughly five years, as the initial text was prepared in anticipation of a 1792 retirement. In one of the drafts of the address, Washington/Madison/Hamilton look forward to a...
Erik's response to my FCTS I (From Colony to Superpower: Chapter 1) post is up. A lot of the discussion we've been having regards counterfactuals, which is plenty entertaining but.
Erik Loomis and I have embarked on a project to evaluate George Herring's new book, From Colony to Superpower. Herring is a well-respected historian of the Vietnam Era, and has.
Sometimes simple questions result in enormous projects. The question that Andrew Gordon tackles in Rules of the Game amounts to this: Why did the Grand Fleet fail to destroy the High Seas Fleet at Jutland, in spite of a massive advantage in material and a...
On September 6, I opened up my e-mail and found the following:Dear Robert Farley, I hope this email finds you well.I am organizing a few discussions on Party of Defeat.The.
This is the sixth in a seven part series on the Patterson School Summer Reading List.In Spite of the Gods, Edward LuceThe Utility of Force, Rupert SmithNegotiating Change, Jeremy JonesEnemies.
This is the fifth in a seven part series on the Patterson School Summer Reading List.In Spite of the Gods, Edward LuceThe Utility of Force, Rupert SmithNegotiating Change, Jeremy JonesEnemies of Intelligence, Richard BettsThe Bottom Billion, Paul CollierPaul Collier's The Bottom Billion is about the...
This is the fourth in a seven part series on the Patterson School Summer Reading List.In Spite of the Gods, Edward LuceThe Utility of Force, Rupert SmithNegotiating Change, Jeremy JonesEnemies.
Why did the two Communist giants part ways in the early 1960s? Realist explanations have concentrated on the problems associated with two powerful states sharing a long border. Other explanations.