Michael H Creswell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1140735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael H Creswell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael H |
| FAMILY NAME | Creswell |
| SIGNATURE | CRESWELL M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
When France Fell
The Fall and Rise of French Sea Power
Few works of French military history focus on France’s navy. However, Hugues Canuel, currently a defense attache in Japan, attempts to redress this imbalance. Having earned a PhD in war studies fro
Group Differences and America's Past and Future
Although the United States emerged from the Second World War as the world’s leading cultural, economic, military, and political power, in recent decades, Americans have begun to worry that their co
Test of Endurance
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is one Cold War relic that refuses to go away. Although NATO fulfilled its publicly avowed mission of deterring a military assault on Western Europe, helping to ensure the West’s victory in the Cold War, thirty years later the alliance remains alive and kicking. While transatlantic elites have welcomed NATO’s extended life, the organization has attracted criticism from all postwar U.S. presidents, who…
Wasted Words? The Limitations of U.S. Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy
For America's foes in Afghanistan and the Middle East, triumph on the battlefield is less important than winning the battle of perceptions. In response, the United States has turned to Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy (SC-PD) to engage key audiences in ways that advance U.S. interests and to win the political-ideological contest for domestic and international legitimacy. But are these strategies effective? While winning hearts and min…
Power, Preferences, or Ideas? Explaining West Germany's Armaments Strategy, 1955–1972
Which major theory of international relations—neorealism, liberalism, or constructivism—best explains states' weapons procurement strategies? This article addresses that question by examining the case of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) during the Cold War. Through an in-depth analysis of the FRG's armaments strategy from the time the country was admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1955 until the early 1970s, the article …
A Year of Significance
Journal Article 1948: A Year of Significance Get access Kaplan Lawrence S.. NATO 1948: The Birth of the Transatlantic Alliance. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. xi + 258 pp. Bibliographic essay, index. $89.00 (cloth), $32.95 (paper). Michael H. Creswell Michael H. Creswell Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 121–124, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1…
Kennedy in Berlin – By Andreas W. Daum
Clausewitz
A Question of Balance
France and the German Question, 1945–1955
This article challenges the traditional view that France was “obsessed” with the German threat in the decade after World War II and that French leaders only grudgingly accepted the policy that the United States and Britain had decided to pursue. The official rhetoric of the postwar period should not to be taken at face value. In reality, French leaders understood the logic of the “western strategy” for Germany and at a basic level endorsed it. Ev…
New Light on an Old Issue
Michael Creswell and Marc Trachtenberg reply to the three commentaries, emphasizing the conflicting points raised therein. Addressing each of the respondents in turn, Creswell and Trachtenberg contend that their article accurately depicts French concerns in the late 1940s and 1950s, that it goes beyond existing “revisionist” works on the topic, that it debunks the traditionalist view of French policy, and that it makes use of the best evidence to…
With a Little Help from our Friends
One of France's primary goals after the Second World War was to establish a favourable and durable balance of power on the European continent. From France's perspective, however, the rise of Soviet power threatened this goal. To balance Soviet conventional might, France sought to enlist Anglo-American military forces. Although sympathetic to French concerns, neither Britain nor the United States was willing to commit its military forces to Europe…
Between the Bear and the Phoenix
(2002). Between the Bear and the Phoenix: The United States and the European Defense Community, 1950-54. Security Studies: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 89-124
The World within War
Power, Preferences, or Ideas? Explaining West Germany's Armaments Strategy, 1955–1972
Which major theory of international relations—neorealism, liberalism, or constructivism—best explains states' weapons procurement strategies? This article addresses that question by examining the case of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) during the Cold War. Through an in-depth analysis of the FRG's armaments strategy from the time the country was admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1955 until the early 1970s, the article …
Between the Bear and the Phoenix
(2002). Between the Bear and the Phoenix: The United States and the European Defense Community, 1950-54. Security Studies: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 89-124
France and the German Question, 1945–1955
This article challenges the traditional view that France was “obsessed” with the German threat in the decade after World War II and that French leaders only grudgingly accepted the policy that the United States and Britain had decided to pursue. The official rhetoric of the postwar period should not to be taken at face value. In reality, French leaders understood the logic of the “western strategy” for Germany and at a basic level endorsed it. Ev…
With a Little Help from our Friends
One of France's primary goals after the Second World War was to establish a favourable and durable balance of power on the European continent. From France's perspective, however, the rise of Soviet power threatened this goal. To balance Soviet conventional might, France sought to enlist Anglo-American military forces. Although sympathetic to French concerns, neither Britain nor the United States was willing to commit its military forces to Europe…
Wasted Words? The Limitations of U.S. Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy
For America's foes in Afghanistan and the Middle East, triumph on the battlefield is less important than winning the battle of perceptions. In response, the United States has turned to Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy (SC-PD) to engage key audiences in ways that advance U.S. interests and to win the political-ideological contest for domestic and international legitimacy. But are these strategies effective? While winning hearts and min…
New Light on an Old Issue
Michael Creswell and Marc Trachtenberg reply to the three commentaries, emphasizing the conflicting points raised therein. Addressing each of the respondents in turn, Creswell and Trachtenberg contend that their article accurately depicts French concerns in the late 1940s and 1950s, that it goes beyond existing “revisionist” works on the topic, that it debunks the traditionalist view of French policy, and that it makes use of the best evidence to…
The World within War
With a Little Help from our Friends
One of France's primary goals after the Second World War was to establish a favourable and durable balance of power on the European continent. From France's perspective, however, the rise of Soviet power threatened this goal. To balance Soviet conventional might, France sought to enlist Anglo-American military forces. Although sympathetic to French concerns, neither Britain nor the United States was willing to commit its military forces to Europe…
Between the Bear and the Phoenix
(2002). Between the Bear and the Phoenix: The United States and the European Defense Community, 1950-54. Security Studies: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 89-124
France and the German Question, 1945–1955
This article challenges the traditional view that France was “obsessed” with the German threat in the decade after World War II and that French leaders only grudgingly accepted the policy that the United States and Britain had decided to pursue. The official rhetoric of the postwar period should not to be taken at face value. In reality, French leaders understood the logic of the “western strategy” for Germany and at a basic level endorsed it. Ev…
New Light on an Old Issue
Michael Creswell and Marc Trachtenberg reply to the three commentaries, emphasizing the conflicting points raised therein. Addressing each of the respondents in turn, Creswell and Trachtenberg contend that their article accurately depicts French concerns in the late 1940s and 1950s, that it goes beyond existing “revisionist” works on the topic, that it debunks the traditionalist view of French policy, and that it makes use of the best evidence to…
A Question of Balance
A Year of Significance
Journal Article 1948: A Year of Significance Get access Kaplan Lawrence S.. NATO 1948: The Birth of the Transatlantic Alliance. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. xi + 258 pp. Bibliographic essay, index. $89.00 (cloth), $32.95 (paper). Michael H. Creswell Michael H. Creswell Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 121–124, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1…
Kennedy in Berlin – By Andreas W. Daum
Clausewitz
Power, Preferences, or Ideas? Explaining West Germany's Armaments Strategy, 1955–1972
Which major theory of international relations—neorealism, liberalism, or constructivism—best explains states' weapons procurement strategies? This article addresses that question by examining the case of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) during the Cold War. Through an in-depth analysis of the FRG's armaments strategy from the time the country was admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1955 until the early 1970s, the article …
Wasted Words? The Limitations of U.S. Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy
For America's foes in Afghanistan and the Middle East, triumph on the battlefield is less important than winning the battle of perceptions. In response, the United States has turned to Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy (SC-PD) to engage key audiences in ways that advance U.S. interests and to win the political-ideological contest for domestic and international legitimacy. But are these strategies effective? While winning hearts and min…
Test of Endurance
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is one Cold War relic that refuses to go away. Although NATO fulfilled its publicly avowed mission of deterring a military assault on Western Europe, helping to ensure the West’s victory in the Cold War, thirty years later the alliance remains alive and kicking. While transatlantic elites have welcomed NATO’s extended life, the organization has attracted criticism from all postwar U.S. presidents, who…
The Fall and Rise of French Sea Power
Few works of French military history focus on France’s navy. However, Hugues Canuel, currently a defense attache in Japan, attempts to redress this imbalance. Having earned a PhD in war studies fro
Group Differences and America's Past and Future
Although the United States emerged from the Second World War as the world’s leading cultural, economic, military, and political power, in recent decades, Americans have begun to worry that their co
When France Fell
Political science (14 works) · Law (12 works) · History (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Economic history (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · French Historical and Cultural Studies (5 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (4 works)