John Holladay Latane

John Holladay Latane
John Holladay Latané (1869–1932) was an American historian and educator, best known for his contributions to the study of U.S. foreign relations. He was a professor of American History at Johns Hopkins University and later at Washington and Lee University. Latané authored several works, including "The Diplomatic Relations of the United States and Spanish America" and "America as a World Power, 1897-1907," which explored America's expanding role in global affairs. His writings were influential in shaping early 20th-century understanding of U.S. diplomacy and international relations.

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From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American...

From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American...

by: John Holladay Latane
I ORIGIN OF THE POLICY OF ISOLATION The Monroe Doctrine and the policy of political isolation are two phases of American diplomacy so closely related that very few writers appear to draw any distinction between them. The Monroe Doctrine was in its origin nothing more than the assertion, with special application to the American continents, of the right of independent states to pursue their own careers... more...
The United States and Latin America

The United States and Latin America

by: John Holladay Latane
CHAPTER I The English colonies of North America renounced allegiance to their sovereign more through fear of future oppression than on account of burdens actually imposed. The colonies of Spain in the southern hemisphere, on the other hand, labored for generations under the burden of one of the most irrational and oppressive economic systems to which any portion of the human race has ever been... more...