Erik has some concluding thoughts on our series on George Herring's From Colony to Superpower. For my part, I enjoyed reading the book and commenting on it. Patterson is considering using From Colony to Superpower on next year's Summer Reading List, although we'll may start...
from colony to superpower
This is the 20th and final chapter in the series on George Herring From Colony to Superpower. that Erik Loomis and I have embarked upon. The twentieth chapter runs from.
This is the 19th installment of our 20 part series on George Herring's From Colony to Superpower. Erik had the honors this week; check out his post first.Reagan's approach to.
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...
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.
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.
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 racism in America's Cold War foreign policy. I'm more interested in Eisenhower's relationship with the...
by September 1945, the United States was, by far, the most powerful state in the world. It had the largest economy, the largest military, and held a monopoly on the.
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.
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 a presidential administration across chapters. This is, of course, a sensible enough move in the...
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.