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The Diplomatic Stalemate Of Japan And The United States: 1941, David Hoien Overby
The Diplomatic Stalemate Of Japan And The United States: 1941, David Hoien Overby
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis contends from the time of September 1940 to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States and Japan offered each no workable concessions that might have deterred war. A stalemate was finally established between the two countries. The position of the Japanese nation was to expand and control "Greater East-Asia," while the position the United States held was one that claimed all nations should uphold certain basic principles of democracy, that all nations should honor the sanctity of treaties," and that they should treat neighboring countries in a friendly fashion.
This thesis also contends that Yosuke Matsuoka …
The Grim Security Of The Past: The Historiography Of Henry Cabot Lodge, Claude Singer
The Grim Security Of The Past: The Historiography Of Henry Cabot Lodge, Claude Singer
Dissertations and Theses
By birth, education, and association, Henry Cabot Lodge belonged to an established New England tradition of attention to history and respect for historical writing. He lived during troubled times, and he realized, as his writings indicate, that America was rapidly changing, that old habits were disappearing, and that powerful new forces were at work in the nation and the world. How Lodge reacted to these circumstances is reflected, in part, in his historical writing.
This thesis is an examination of Lodge's historiographic efforts. It is an attempt, through an analysis of style and predominant themes, to describe the cultural values …