On to chapter VI of From Colony to Superpower, but first make sure to read Paul's final thoughts on chapter V (here and here). He takes issue (as several others have) with my effort to ferret out a causal relationship between slavery and the debate...
foreign policy
Due to annoying illness and extended work commitments, part 5 of From Colony to Superpower will be delayed until tomorrow afternoon. Until then, see Paul from Subnumine:Herring does have a.
Erik introduces chapter five of From Colony to Superpower (for older posts click on the tag), which covers the period between 1837 and 1861. The customary random observations:Herring discusses the.
Reading Herring has made Erik irritable:I think I am just more outraged by this period in American foreign policy than Rob. Rob was able to focus on a lot of important issues that I didn't much explore--normalization of relations with Britain, probably a slightly more...
I agree with Henry and Tim. Bainbridge's critique of Doug Kmiec as Vatican Ambassador has nothing to do with Kmiec's actual policy views, but rather with the fact that Kmiec.
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.
Good diavlog. Watch the rest.
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.
It’s difficult to exaggerate the degree to which Stephen Walt demolishes Josh Muravchik in their realism vs. neoconservatism exchange in the September National Interest. The prompt concerns which, of realism.
Atrios makes a point:From the perspective of US as imperial power the "'single-minded' focus on Iraq" has also been an utter disaster. For those who think that one way or another the US should be throwing its weight around everywhere (by invading random countries, by...
Mr. Trend on Obama's proposed Latin America policy:Certainly, it’s tough at this stage to say exactly and concretely what kind of plans or policies he has for Latin America, because.
Let me second Yglesias' recommendation of this Dave Meyer post on signaling. Meyer concentrates on the public relations aspect of signaling behavior in a democracy, but here are some assumptions.