A Report on World Population Migrations as related to the United States of America; an exploratory survey of past studies and researches on world population migrations, with the view of evaluating areas already covered and outlining areas which warrant development. By Stanley J. Tracy, director. Washington, D.C.: George Washington University, 1956. Pp. vii, 449.

1957 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-288
Author(s):  
Paul S. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Population ◽  
George Washington ◽  
Exploratory Survey ◽  
Population Migrations ◽  
Washington University ◽  
George Washington University

Marcus Cunliffe Writes America

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-382
Author(s):  
MICK GIDLEY
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Studies ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
The United States ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
George Washington ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Washington University

Marcus Cunliffe (1922–1990) was incontestably an important figure in American studies. In the early part of his academic career he helped to found the subject area in Britain, and he was later both awarded professorial appointments at the Universities of Manchester and Sussex and elected to the chairmanship of the British Association for American Studies, from which positions he served as a personal inspiration and professional mentor to several “generations” of UK American studies academics. Those who knew him and worked with him were invariably struck by his tall good looks, charisma and charm – characteristics that no doubt also contributed to his successful career, in Britain and in the United States, first as a visiting scholar, and later, during his final years, as the occupant of an endowed chair at George Washington University in Washington, DC. As the correspondence in his papers attest, he was held in high – and warm – regard by many of the leading US historians of his heyday. More might be said about his charm here because it also permeates his writing and persists there as a kind of afterglow, and not only for those who encountered him in person – but this essay is a critical reconsideration of his published work that, though appreciative, at least aspires towards objectivity.

Drinking from a Poisoned Chalice

2020 ◽  
pp. 519-534
Author(s):  
John G. Baker ◽  
Mary E. Spears ◽  
Katherine S. Newell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Law School ◽  
United States Military ◽  
George Washington ◽  
Criminal Convictions ◽  
Keynote Speech ◽  
Military Commissions ◽  
Washington University

The following is an adaptation of the keynote speech given by John G. Baker at the 2018 NATSECDEF Conference, “Preserving Justice in National Security,” hosted by the George Washington University Law School on September 20, 2018. Brigadier General Baker examined whether the United States military commissions, special military tribunals established by President George W. Bush in the aftermath of 9/11 solely to try noncitizen terrorism suspects, were capable of achieving justice. Answering with an empathetic “no,” Brigadier General Baker described an increasingly troubling series of actions taken against defendants who had been secretly held and tortured by the same government that was then seeking their criminal convictions and executions. It is clear from this speech that by the time this piece is published, more, and possibly more troubling events, will have occurred, as the United States continues to pay the price of torture.

The Images of Simón Bolívar as Reflected in Ten Leading British Periodicals, 1816-1830

1984 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calvin P. Jones
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
World History ◽  
The United States ◽  
George Washington ◽  
Simon Bolivar ◽  
The World ◽  
America South ◽  
British Press

Simón Bolívar has sometimes been called “The George Washington of South America.” Certainly his achievements are so well known as to deserve the apt appelation “El Libertador” by which he is known by many of the neighbors of the United States of America south of the border.One of the most important propaganda influences in Bolívar's success was the achievement of a good press in nations sympathetic to his cause. He was quite reticent to see the United States in a dominant role in the future regarding the areas he was trying to free from Spanish rule. Because he believed that Britain was “ruler of the world” during this period of world history, he was particularly interested that favorable images of him should appear in the British press.

To George Washington, president of the united states of america.

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Paine
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
George Washington

SIR, I present you a small Treatise in defence of those Principles of Freedom which your exemplary Virtue hath so eminently contributed to establish.—That the Rights of Man may become as universal as your Benevolence can wish, and that you may enjoy the...

Identifying Families in C-SPAN's U.S. Presidential Ratings: 2000, 2009, and 2017

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-161
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER CRAMER ◽  
KENNETH CRAMER
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
American History ◽  
The United States ◽  
George Washington ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACT Since the inauguration of George Washington in 1789, the United States of America has seen the governance of some 44 individual presidents. Although such presidents share a variety of attributes, they still differ from one another on many others. Significantly, these traits may be used to construct distinct sets of “families” of presidents throughout American history. By comparatively analyzing data from experts on the U.S. presidency – in this case, the C-SPAN Presidential Historians Surveys from 2000, 2009, and 2017 – this article identifies a consistent set of six presidential families: the All Stars; the Conservative Visionaries; the Postwar Progressives; the Average Joes; the Forgettables; and the Regrettables. In situating these categories in history, this article argues that U.S. presidents can be accurately organized into cohesive, like-performing families whose constituents share a common set of criteria.

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