First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power - Hardcover

Zimmermann, Warren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374179395 ISBN 13: 9780374179397

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2002

Synopsis

Documents how the United States rose to a significant world power one century ago through the actions of five political figures, including Theodore Roosevelt, naval strategist Alfred T. Mahan, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Secretary of State John Hay, and colonial administrator Elihu Root.

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Review:

"Excellent . . . An engrossing and timely history of five men who embraced the imperialist ethic." --James Chace, "The New York Review of Books"

"What gives Mr. Zimmermann's book its special character is his singling out of Roosevelt, Lodge and company as 'the fathers of American imperialism' and showing how their vision of the nation was transformed into reality. And that makes for a good story, full of craggy individualists and events that retain their power to amaze." --Richard Bernstein, "The New York Times"

"Riveting . . . ["First Great Triumph"] is essential background for anyone interested in how the United States arrived at its present place in the world . . . [and] a fascinating visit to an era that has received far too little attention." --Richard Holbrooke, "Foreign Affairs"

Excellent . . . An engrossing and timely history of five men who embraced the imperialist ethic. "James Chace, The New York Review of Books"

What gives Mr. Zimmermann's book its special character is his singling out of Roosevelt, Lodge and company as 'the fathers of American imperialism' and showing how their vision of the nation was transformed into reality. And that makes for a good story, full of craggy individualists and events that retain their power to amaze. "Richard Bernstein, The New York Times"

Riveting . . . ["First Great Triumph"] is essential background for anyone interested in how the United States arrived at its present place in the world . . . [and] a fascinating visit to an era that has received far too little attention. "Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Affairs""

"Excellent . . . An engrossing and timely history of five men who embraced the imperialist ethic." --James Chace, The New York Review of Books

"What gives Mr. Zimmermann's book its special character is his singling out of Roosevelt, Lodge and company as 'the fathers of American imperialism' and showing how their vision of the nation was transformed into reality. And that makes for a good story, full of craggy individualists and events that retain their power to amaze." --Richard Bernstein, The New York Times

"Riveting . . . [First Great Triumph] is essential background for anyone interested in how the United States arrived at its present place in the world . . . [and] a fascinating visit to an era that has received far too little attention." --Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Affairs

About the Author:

Warren Zimmermann spent thirty-three years as an officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, serving in France, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Venezuela, the Soviet Union, and as our last ambassador to Yugoslavia. He has taught at Columbia and Johns Hopkins Universities and is the author of Origins of a Catastrophe: Yugoslavia and Its Destroyers, which won the American Academy of Diplomacy Book Award in 1997. His work has appeared in The New York Review of Books, Newsweek, The National Interest, and national newspapers. He and his wife live in the Washington, D.C., area.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0374179395
• ISBN 13: 9780374179397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544