Eyes on the Stars and Feet on the Ground

Author: The late Howard Jones, University of Alabama Research Professor of History Emeritus, was the author of numerous books and articles on the history of U.S. foreign relations. Among his works are the award winning To the Webster-Ashburton Treaty; Mutiny on the Amistad that contributed to Stephen Spielberg’s major motion picture Amistad; Union in Peril and Blue and Gray Diplomacy, both essential reading on the international dimensions of the Civil War; The Bay of Pigs; Death of a Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War; and, most recently, New York Times “Editors’ Choice” My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness.Editor: Donald A. Rakestraw is Georgia Southern University and Winthrop University Professor of History Emeritus. Among his publications are For Honor or Destiny: The Anglo-American Crisis over the Oregon Territory; a Choice Academic Book of the Year for 1997, Prologue to Manifest Destiny: Anglo-American Relations in the 1840s (with Howard Jones); and, most recently, Daniel Webster: Defender of Peace.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefacePrologue: Obstacle Walk—from “black care” to the White HouseChapter 1: Securing the “American” HemisphereChapter 2: Long Live the Republic of Panama! Long Live President Roosevelt!Chapter 3: Union of the OceansChapter 4: Adventures in Statecraft—from Alaska to the CaribbeanChapter 5: Road to Port Arthur and the Russo-Japanese WarChapter 6: Peace at PortsmouthChapter 7: Navigating Turbulent Japanese WatersChapter 8: Algeciras—A Seat at the TableEpilogue: It Is Not Having Been in the Dark House, But Having Left It, That CountsBibliography

What sets this tome apart from other publications on Roosevelt is that the author and editor allowed the president to “speak for himself” by citing his quotations throughout to verify his worldview.