Great Power Rising

Theodore Roosevelt remains a vibrant political figure whose presidency casts a long shadow over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He continues to inspire admiration across the political spectrum, and both independent and academic historians continue to produce books that celebrate his political leadership and also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of his extraordinary political career. John M. Thompson's Great Power Rising aims to revise what he views as a dated understanding of the role of public opinion in Tr's foreign policy. Previous scholars, he argues, have emphasized the way public sentiment—often ill informed and apathetic—constrained Tr. In contrast, Thompson contends that Tr believed in the intelligence of the “plain people” and was convinced that the American people, if properly led, would support an ambitious foreign policy agenda (p. 28). Over his years in office Tr carefully studied the domestic political landscape and devised increasingly elaborate methods of cultivating public opinion

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