Henry L. Stimson

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The paper describes Henry Lewis Stimson as a man of his times, but one for his times as well. The paper states that it is difficult to argue that Stimson's doctrines would have saved the world from the war in the Pacific; it is much more plausible to think he might have prevented the European war had the United States, and its allies, done more to relieve Weimar Germany. The paper concludes that Stimson was very often the right man in the right place at the right time, and that, when challenged, he would live up to the demands he encountered.

Table of Contents:
Study in contrasts
Stimson and Internationalism
Schizophrenic or Realist?
Marching to War

From the Paper:

"Stimson himself emulated his heroes Theodore Roosevelt and Elihu Root in many ways, preferring "a history, a policy, an aspiration, an instinct, and a technique" (Steel, 1991, database) as the definition of the "establishment" rather than money or power. Such a man was uniquely suited to champion an international body such as the League of Nations. His background, his intentions, his compassion and his certainty that the American (or at least New England elite) way of looking at the world was correct might have saved the United States and the world from a global war. "

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