Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman

Biographic Data

ID1144125
NAMEElizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
GIVEN NAMESElizabeth Cobbs
FAMILY NAMEHoffman
SIGNATUREHOFFMAN E C
AFFILIATIONSSan Diego State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
H-INDEX2

  • Time to Turn Off the Lava Lamp

    Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanARTICLEDiplomatic History2015

    The New Left is growing hair on its ears. The special issue on American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers arrives like a ponytailed colleague from the sixties at the Dean’s annual wine and cheese reception, still ranting at The Man, bragging about The Movement, and hankering for a free Merlot. Its self-righteous certainty prompts a nostalgic smile, but quickly becomes tiresome. Perry Anderson bases his book on three unexamined axioms. First, that t…

  • American Umpire

    Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanBOOKAmerican Umpire2013

  • Negotiating Paradise

    Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanARTICLEJournal of American History2011

    In this beautifully researched book, Dennis Merrill shows that Mexicans, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans were deeply concerned that not enough gringos were coming their way. The Cuban Institute of Tourism, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Puerto Rican Tourist Bureau all mounted campaigns to “lure those Yankees across the sea,” away from rival destinations in Hawaii, Florida, the Bahamas, and Europe (pp. 113, 116, 186). Eager for dollars…

  • Social Engineers Run Amok

    Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanARTICLEDiplomatic History2009

    Journal Article Social Engineers Run Amok: The International Politics of Population Control Get access Connelly Matthew. Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2008. xiv + 521pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $35.00. Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, Volume 33, Issue 2, April 2009, Pages 3…

  • All You Need Is Love

    Ida Oberman, Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanARTICLEHistory of Education Quarterly2000Cited by: 3

    Love and youth in a brave new world Shriver hits the ground running Peace Corps cousins the Cold War versus decolonization the hero's adventure Ghana slippery slopes under attack the Peace Corps dilemma balancing ideals and self-interest

  • Which Side Are You On

    Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanARTICLEDiplomatic History1999

    Book reviewed in this article: Mary Ann Heiss, Empire and Nationhood: The United States, Great Britain, and Iranian Oil, 1950-1954 World War II laid to rest forever the question of Anglo-American enmity dating back to 1776. In the clinch of the First World War, Americans rallied, finally, to the cause of England, but in the isolationist twenties and thirties the old suspicion resurfaced that the British were more “Other” than “Us.” Then came Chur…

  • All You Need is Love

    Jonathan Zimmerman, Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanARTICLEJournal of American History1999Cited by: 11

    Journal Article All You Need Is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the 1960s. By Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998. xii, 306 pp. $27.95, ISBN 0-674-01635-1.) Get access Jonathan Zimmerman Jonathan Zimmerman New York University, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 4, March 1999, Pages 1681–1682, https://doi.o…

  • Trade and the American Dream

    Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, Susan Ariel AaronsonARTICLEThe American Historical Review1998

    In Trade and American Dream, Susan Aaronson highlights a previously ignored dimension of United States trade policy: public understanding. Focusing on debate over three mechanisms designed to govern world trade - International Trade Organization (ITO), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and World Trade Organization (WTO) - she examines how policymakers communicate and how public comprehends trade policy. As the American century draws …

  • All You Need Is Love

    Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanBOOKAll You Need Is Love1998

    Traversing four decades and three continents, Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman's story of the Peace Corps and the people and politics behind it is a fascinating look at American idealism at work amid the hard political realities of the second half of the twentieth century

  • All You Need Is Love

    David C Hendrickson, Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanARTICLEForeign Affairs1998Cited by: 1

  • Diplomatic History and the meaning of Life

    Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanARTICLEDiplomatic History1997

    Journal Article Diplomatic History and the meaning of Life: Toward a Global American History Get access Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, Volume 21, Issue 4, October 1997, Pages 499–518, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7709.00086 Published: 20 March 2003

  • The Peace Corps Experience

    Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, P David SearlesARTICLEJournal of American History1997Cited by: 2References: 1

    Journal Article The Peace Corps Experience: Challenge and Change, 1969–1976. By P. David Searles. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997. xii, 234 pp. $32.95, ISBN 0-8131-2009-8.) Get access Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman University of San Diego, San Diego, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 1152–1153, ht…