Roosevelts lost alliances Costigliola, Frank
2012., 20111227, 2011, 2012, 2012-01-01, 20120101
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In the spring of 1945, as the Allied victory in Europe was approaching, the shape of the postwar world hinged on the personal politics and flawed personalities of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. ...Roosevelt's Lost Alliances captures this moment and shows how FDR crafted a winning coalition by overcoming the different habits, upbringings, sympathies, and past experiences of the three leaders. In particular, Roosevelt trained his famous charm on Stalin, lavishing respect on him, salving his insecurities, and rendering him more amenable to compromise on some matters.
Drawing on the emerging "emotional turn" in history, Costigliola presents a fresh view of the origins and development of the Cold War by showing how emotion can be used to decode policy ...recommendations that have traditionally been explained in almost wholly rational terms. While remaining cognizant of the integral nature of thinking, he seeks to trace the particular pathways by which George F. Kennan's feelings permeated his thoughts and actions relating to Russia and the United States. Scholars in a variety of fields can use a similar approach to delve deeper into the thoughts, motivations, and behavior of historical actors.
Roosevelt/Kennan and Stalin COSTIGLIOLA, FRANK
Diplomatic history,
09/2018, Letnik:
42, Številka:
4
Journal Article
Recenzirano
It has been easy for Americans to grow angry, exasperated, or disgusted with the Russians, regardless of whether Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, or Putin was in charge. Think of all the ...appalling outrages, from the Katyn forest massacre and the mass rapes by Red Army soldiers during World War II, to the repression of Eastern Europe in the Cold War, to the more recent aggression against Georgia and Ukraine. Not to mention the Berlin and Cuban crises of a half-century ago and the egregious interference in the U.S. election last year. Even during the Grand Alliance, the Russians aggravated American sensibilities...
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In Awkward Dominion , Frank Costigliola offers a striking interpretation of the emergence of the United States as a world power in the 1920s, a period in which the country faced both burdens and ...opportunities as a result of the First World War. Exploring the key international issues in the interwar period—peace treaty revisions, Western economic recovery, and modernization—Costigliola considers American political and economic success in light of Europe's fascination with American technology, trade, and culture. The figures through which he tells this story include Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, Henry Stimson, Charles Lindberg, Ernest Hemingway, and Henry Ford.
This article makes a beginning at teasing out the implications for foreign relations history of personal/political relationships entailing intimacy, sexuality, trust, and secrecy. Those four ...elements--intimacy, sexuality, trust, and secrecy--intersect and foster each other in various ways that change over time, across cultures, and according to individual circumstances. Engaging in intimacy and sexuality with a partner generally lowers a person's inhibitions and renders them more likely to trust and share secrets with that partner. Sharing secrets can be sexy because it presumes intimacy. Intimacy and sexuality generally entail making oneself vulnerable and transparent, a situation precursory to trust. As political scientists maintain, trust--that is, a belief that the other side is willing to reciprocate cooperation--is key to developing cooperation and alliances. Seduction, whether practiced by Pamela Churchill, FDR, or other masters, remains at the heart of diplomacy. So do personal networks, the informal connections that diplomats cultivate for information and influence.
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Costigliola discusses how, in the aftermath of Pres Franklin Roosevelt's death in the spring of 1945, the alliance between the USSR and the US broke down and the Cold War began. He asserts that the ...Cold War was not inevitable, and lays most of the blame for the broken alliance at the feet of Ambassador W. Averell Harriman and his staff.
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