Trani, Eugene P.

The treaty of Portsmouth an adventure in American diplomacy / by Eugene P. Trani. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1969. - 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references.

Cover; Title; Copyright; PREFACE; Contents; ONE: ROOSEVELT THE DIPLOMAT; TWO: 1904: YEAR OF FRUSTRATION; THREE: THE FIRST STEP TO PEACE; FOUR: DETAILS; FIVE: ROOSEVELT AND THE JAPANESE; SIX: ROOSEVELT AND THE RUSSIANS; SEVEN: DOWN TO BUSINESS; EIGHT: WAR OR PEACE; NINE: ROOSEVELT AND THE TREATY; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

Theodore Roosevelt's interest in foreign affairs was no less intense than his zeal for domestic reform, as Eugene P. Trani demonstrates in this new study of the Portsmouth Conference which in 1906 brought an end to the Russo-Japanese war. Conscious of America's growing stature as a world power and concerned lest continued hostilities disrupt further the political and economic composition of East Asia, Roosevelt proclaimed himself peacemaker. With characteristic energy --



9780813164786


Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.


Treaty of Portsmouth (1905 September 5)


Japan. Treaties, etc. Russia, 1905 September 5.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.


Electronic Books.

DS517 / .T743 1969