TY - BOOK AU - Trani,Eugene P. TI - The treaty of Portsmouth: an adventure in American diplomacy SN - 9780813164786 AV - DS517 .T743 1969 PY - 1969/// CY - Lexington PB - The University Press of Kentucky KW - Roosevelt, Theodore, KW - Treaty of Portsmouth KW - (1905 September 5) KW - Japan. Treaties, etc. Russia, 1905 September 5 KW - Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 KW - Electronic Books N1 - 1; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 -- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938849&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -