Comments on Titanic Deck Chairs: A Brief History of Presidential Doctrines

I think it was a fascinating repudiation of the Ro...

2010-03-12T07:38:30.409-05:00

I think it was a fascinating repudiation of the Roosevelt Corollary. (see my paragraph in the post with the heading "Backlash")

It seems that the general view is that Clark was simply wishing to stop the aggressive interventionism of Roosevelt, but I read it more deeply than that.

Roosevelt's view was, at core, an altruistic one, no matter how much saber

What are your views of the "Clark Memorandum&...

2010-03-11T23:37:49.416-05:00

What are your views of the "Clark Memorandum" on the Monroe Doctrine, written by Calvin Coolidge’s undersecretary of state J. Reuben Clark?

This morning I posted a new piece exploring Palin and the Bush Doctrine in detail.

It's longer than this post, but goes into more detail about both the Monroe and Truman Doctrines, which I think provide the best contrasts and comparisons to the various iterations of the

Hi Kelli,

I'm pleased that you got somethin...

2008-09-17T15:26:00.000-04:00

Hi Kelli,

I'm pleased that you got something out of the post, and I think it's great that you might use it as a classroom resource. (I'd also highly recommend the post I linked to about the Truman Doctrine for more in-depth context on that specific part of history.)

You are right that my intent was to get people thinking, and to provide insights that one might not see in more

Hello, I am a Professor of Social Work at Missouri...

2008-09-17T12:15:00.000-04:00

Hello, I am a Professor of Social Work at Missouri State University and this semester I am teaching Social Welfare Policy and Services. We are studying the use of historical policy analysis to understand current policy. I thought, in light of recent events concerning the question posed to Palin by Charlie Gibson about the Bush Doctrine, that it might be interesting for my class to take a look at

Thanks for the comments, Jenn and SB.

SB: ...

2008-03-25T09:04:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the comments, Jenn and SB.

SB: As I was reading the details about the Roosevelt Corollary and the fact that a president as forgotten as Calvin Coolidge thought that it had no place being attached to the Monroe Doctrine, it suddenly struck me that a man like Teddy Roosevelt would have certainly wanted to co-opt the prestige of Monroe to make his own ideas slide through.

This is a very insightful post - I think you’ve ma...

2008-03-24T21:41:00.000-04:00

This is a very insightful post - I think you’ve made a few important connections.

First is the interesting observation that Roosevelt’s dreadful policies “rode the coattails” of the Monroe Doctrine. It is so frustratingly common for bad ideas to attach themselves to the prestige and virtue of good ideas, in order to gain a respectability that they do not deserve.

Above all,

Very interesting post, I enjoyed it a lot. Nothin...

2008-03-24T13:46:00.000-04:00

Very interesting post, I enjoyed it a lot. Nothing really to add just now, but you've given me much to think over. Thanks.