What sets this tome apart from other publications on Roosevelt is that the author and editor allowed the president to “speak for himself” by citing his quotations throughout to verify his worldview...Readers will agree that the epilogue alone is worth the read.

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Wielding deep research and measured prose, and without resorting to hagiography, Jones and Rakestraw have balanced Roosevelt as a muscular unilateralist and international peacemaker.

Thomas Zeiler, University of Colorado Boulder

Howard Jones, one of America's most eminent historians, has left us with a deeply researched and beautifully written analysis of President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy, which set the course for America's role in the modern world.

Don H. Doyle, author of The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War

While crafting this accessible and engaging analysis of Theodore Roosevelt's presidential foreign policies, Howard Jones sought to allow Roosevelt to speak for himself while Donald Rakestraw endeavored to preserve Jones's voice and principal themes. Both have succeeded admirably.

Joseph Fry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas