Vandenberg Reconsidered
Senate Resolution 239 and American Foreign Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16530641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daryl Jack Hudson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-63 |
| Publication date | 1977-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diplomatic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-2096 • E-ISSN: 1467-7709 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7709.1977.tb00230.x |
| OpenAlex | W2108920753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
The contribution of Republican Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan to the making of foreign policy in the early Cold War years has often been neglected. An examination of the development of the Vandenberg Resolution passed on June 11, 1948, demonstrates the influence that Vandenberg wielded over the Democratic administration under President Harry S. Truman. Vandenberg’s position in the Senate was, of course, essential to his role. As his papers indicate, the Eightieth Congress marked the peak of his power: he was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and president pro tempore of the Senate. Vandenberg was also a leading unannounced contender for the Republican presidential nomination, and the crisis-ridden foreign policy situation during the spring and summer of 1948 served to enhance his prospects for the nomination.1 At the same time Vandenberg enjoyed close relations with Undersecretary of State Robert A. Lovett, who worked to incorporate Vandenberg’s views into the State Department’s position on Western Europe in the early months of 1948
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The lure of regional security arrangements
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Britain and the issue of Italian membership of Nato, 1948–49
Breaking the Vicious Circle
The Past as Prologue? Interests, Identity, and American Foreign Policy
Multilateralism
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 2003 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |