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 up more than he had to on these issues. Maybe. But this was the United...
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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.
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 produced a roughly 900-page book on the history of American foreign policy. Each Sunday, Erik...
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.
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 of Intelligence, Richard BettsThe Bottom Billion, Paul CollierA World of Nations, William KeylorThis year at...
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.
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 have focused on the efforts of the United States to drive a wedge between Russia...
In Just War Thinking, Eric Patterson sets out to revitalize Just War theory, which he believes has become a moribund intellectual project. Rather than a living and innovative body of.
The Tsar's Last Armada, by Constantine Pleshakov, tells the story of the transit of the Russian Baltic Fleet to the Straits of Tsushima, where it was destroyed by Admiral Togo.