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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Secretary of state"”.
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Secretary of State Robert Lansing and Colonel E.M. House at the Paris Peace Conference
The position of Robert Lansing at the Paris Peace Conference has generally been ignored. Thus far no attempt has been made to give serious consideration to Lansing’s role as a peace negotiator. His relations with President Wilson have been variously discussed though none of the accounts, on the …
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The Principles of Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State, 1921-1925, in Directing the Foreign Policy of the United States
<p>Charles Evans Hughes has the distinction of having twice served on the Supreme Court of the United States, first as Associate Justice and twenty years later as Chief Justice, His superior legal talent won for him an enviable career as corporation lawyer and the presidency of the American Bar …
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Judicial Review, Climate Change and Argumentation: The Case R (on the application of ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Drax Power Ltd.
… turned to judicial review as a means of holding government to account. But judicial review remains highly contested, dividing campaigners, politicians and legal practitioners over its democratic legitimacy, and indeed its effectiveness, in scrutinising government. This thesis …
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Politics, Feminism, and Popular Television: Madam Secretary as a Politician, Wife, and Mother
… To date, most research involving the study of fictional politics has revolved around male characters, leaving a gap in the study of female political characters. This study looks at the representation of the character of the US Secretary of State, Elizabeth McCord, in the television drama …
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Lord Lansdowne at the War Office (1895-1900)
… investigates Lord Lansdowne’s career at the War Office (1895-1900). At its core, however, is not a traditional biographical quest, but what does his career at the War Office tell us about late Victorian politics, civil-military relations, the reform discourse, the late Victorian Army and the war …
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Detente or Razryadka? The Kissinger-Dobrynin Telephone Transcripts and Relaxing American-Soviet Tensions, 1969-1977.
… US National Security Adviser and later Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Soviet Ambassador to the US Anatoly Dobrynin formed a relationship which provided the empathy needed to bridge many of the ideological differences between their two countries. It examines transcripts of their …
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A Transparent Hillary Clinton Through the Lens of Apologia Discourse
In March 2015, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was accused of using her family’s private email server for official government communications. While being a candidate in the 2016 Presidential Election, Clinton has been under public scrutiny for lacking transparency. Clinton has had to …
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Bringing forward shipping for government service: the indispensable role of the transport service, 1793 to 1815
… and effective role in the preparation of all the major military expeditions and in the ultimate defeat of Bonaparte has been largely ignored by historians. The Board has hitherto been perceived as a subsidiary board of the Admiralty. However it was responsible to the Treasury and its …
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Aren't Only Girls Secretaries…?”: Leadership Lessons From Women U.S. Secretaries of State
… systems, predominantly steered by White males, often conform to masculine leadership paradigms derived from traditionally male-dominated domains like the U.S. government. Thus, it is vital to explore women’s roles in political leadership to foster a more comprehensive understanding of effective …
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Collective security in the Pacific with particular reference to SEATO
… used with such diverse meanings.</p><p>Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson used the term no fewer than fourteen times in his address at the opening meeting of the Sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on September 20, 1950. And, of course, Secretary of State John Foster …
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The Southern Debate over the Passage of the Marshall Plan in Congress, 1947-1948
On June 5, 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall spoke at Harvard University and unveiled his plan for a comprehensive recovery program for Europe after the destruction of World War II. The European Recovery Program, also known as the "Marshall Plan", was designed to alleviate the economic …
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R. Walton Moore and Virginia Politics, 1933-1941
This study is a chronicle of the efforts of R. Walton Moore and the Roosevelt Administration to liberalize the conservative Virginia Democratic Party during the 1930's. Moore was an elderly politician and amateur historian who had been in and out politics in the state for over forty years. He was …
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Jacobean secretary: the political career of Sir Ralph Winwood (1563-1617)
… years before his appointment as principal Secretary of State in 1614. His short tenure in office could not be described as successful, except in a personal sense, for although the post enabled him to die wealthy and well-respected, he made no concerted effort to stay the erosion of early …
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HILLARY CLINTON MOBILIZES INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE AGAINST IRAN WITH THE TRADITIONAL RHETORIC OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY
<italic>In January 2010, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confidentially sent a diplomatic cable to the international community. In it, she sought "to secure the cooperation of" concerned recipients with America's strategy for dissuading Iran from developing nuclear weapons. This …
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Images of China in U.S. foreign policy making
… that the U.S. policy makers, represented by Secretary of State Dean Acheson during the Truman Administration, adopted a hostile image of Communist China after the Chinese intervention in the Korean War. To examine Acheson's image of Communist China, the research used the content analysis …
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A Moment of Failure: The Debate Surrounding the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks
… the Cuban Missile Crisis, many in the United States and the Soviet Union believed their leaders had narrowly avoided nuclear annihilation. In response to this crisis, however, American and Soviet citizens asked more questions about nuclear weapons and their spread than ever before, well into …
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The Role of Herbert Hoover in the Formulation of the American Response to the Far Eastern Crisis of 1931-1932
… the American response to the Far Eastern Crisis of 1931-1932, since most historians credit Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson for the major contributions and dismiss Hoover as too preoccupied with the domestic financial crisis to do more than agree to Stimson's actions. Procedure. The procedure …
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How was Richard Haldane able to reform the British Army? An historical assessment using a contemporary change management model
… Richard Burdon Haldane, the Liberal Imperialist Secretary of State for War (1905-1912), implemented lasting reform of the British Army, when his immediate predecessors, Brodrick and Arnold-Forster, had failed. It considers how political expediency, foreign policy and military strategy influenced …
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The incoherent neighbour: George C. Marshall and US strategy in the Western Hemisphere, 1947-1948
… Neighbour challenges standard narratives of the early Cold War that identify a neglect of the Western Hemisphere in the initial formulations of containment strategy. Such traditional accounts overlook the integral role of George C. Marshall, during his tenure as Secretary of State, in …
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The Historical Influence And Legacy Of The Alaskan Boundary Dispute
… dispute played in the tripartite relations of Canada, the United States, and Great Britain.</p> <p>The first purpose of this work was to fully examine Hay- Herbert Treaty, emphasizing the hitherto unacknowledged benefits inherent in the treaty. The second purpose of this work was to …
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