We might rephrase Theodore Roosevelt’s famous saying about “big stick” diplomacy thusly: Speak softly and carry a small stick, and you will go far—provided you have a big stick handy. That maxim has ...
Theordore “Teddy” Roosevelt has been known to generations of Americans for his pithy but accurate description as to how to handle foreign affairs: “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” Is Donald Trump ...
Nancy Cohen, author of "The Reconstruction of American Liberalism, 1865-1914" (University of North Carolina Press, 2002), lectures in U.S. history at UCLA. As President Bush plans his first major ...
President Theodore Roosevelt is shown in an undated file photo. (Associated Press file) President Theodore Roosevelt said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” The United States is less feared and ...
Viewing sea power as a continuum gives China’s leadership a range of options, including brandishing a small stick to accomplish its goals. It can do so because Manila and other claimants to regional ...