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American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin Powell
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American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin Powell

by Edward S. Mihalkanin. 572 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Edward S. Mihalkanin

Publisher:

   Greenwood Press

Place of Publication:

  Westport, CT  

Publication Year:

  2004
Subjects:   Statesmen--United States--Biography, Cabinet Officers--United States--Biography, United States--Foreign Relations
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xix
Dean Acheson
James Chace 1
John Quincy Adams
Norman Graebner 20
Madeleine Albright
David Jackson 34
Robert Bacon
Edward S. Mihalkanin 41
James Baker III
Karl DeRouen and
Paul Bellamy 43
Thomas F. Bayard
Justus Doenecke 51
Jeremiah S. Black
Edward S. Mihalkanin 58
James G. Blaine
Dean Fafoutis and
Edward S. Mihalkanin 61
William Jennings Bryan
Kendrick Clements 74
James Buchanan
Lelia Roeckell 83
James F. Byrnes
Edward S. Mihalkanin 88
John C. Calhoun
Lelia Roeckell 98
Lewis Cass
William Klunder 105
Warren Christopher
David Jackson 116
Henry Clay
Kinley Brauer 123
John M. Clayton
Dean Fafoutis 135
Bainbridge Colby
Alexander W. Knott 141
William R. Day
Edward S. Mihalkanin 149
John Foster Dulles
Amy Portwood 163
Lawrence S. Eagleburger
Theodore Hindson 179
William M. Evarts
David Anderson 182
Edward Everett
Jeffrey Mauck 188
Hamilton Fish
Michael J. Devine 191
John Forsyth
John Belohlavek 200
John W. Foster
Michael J. Devine 213
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
William Brinker 220
Walter Q. Gresham
Charles Calhoun 226
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Robert F. Gorman 234
John Hay
Kenton Clymer 238
Christian Herter
H. William Brands 247
Charles Evans Hughes
Karen Miller 254
Cordell Hull
Benjamin D. Rhodes 263
John Jay
Jerald A. Combs 273
Thomas Jefferson
Marvin Zahniser 279
Frank B. Kellogg
Robert H. Ferrell 293
Henry Kissinger
Charles M. Dobbs 299
Philander C. Knox
Michael Sanchez 307
Robert Lansing
Eugene P. Trani 314
Hugh S. Legaré
Alfred Sullivan 325
Edward Livingston
Richard W. Fanning 328
James Madison
Jason Colby 334
William L. Marcy
John Muldowny 348
George C. Marshall
Larry I. Bland 351
John Marshall
Paul Weizer 364
Louis McLane
Lester Brooks 368
James Monroe
Bryan McAuley 373
Edmund S. Muskie
Robert F. Gorman 389
Richard Olney
Alfred Castle 393
Timothy Pickering
Clifford Egan 400
Colin Powell
F. Erik Brooks 406
Edmund Randolph
Jerald A. Combs 416
William P. Rogers
Roger R. Trask 421
Elihu Root
Calvin D. Davis 430
Dean Rusk
Thomas H. Buckley 443
William H. Seward
Edward S. Mihalkanin 450
John Sherman
Edward S. Mihalkanin 466
George P. Shultz
Robert F. Gorman 472
Robert Smith
Clifford Egan 478
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
Peter Buckingham 484
Henry L. Stimson
William Kamann 491
Abel P. Upshur
Edward Crapol 498
Martin Van Buren
John Belohlavek 504
Cyrus Vance
John Norton 512
Elihu B. Washburne
Edward S. Mihalkanin 521
Daniel Webster
Howard Jones 523
List of Contributors 535
Quick Reference Chronology of Secretaries of State 537
Index 541
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