All John Lewis Gaddis Quotes
- It is worth starting with visions, though, because they establish hopes and fears. History then determines which prevail. Determine
- I expressed skepticism, in the first chapter, about the utility of time machines in historical research. I especially advised against graduate students relying on them,… Advised
- Stalin’s postwar goals were security for himself, his regime, his country, and his ideology, in precisely that order. Country
- Revisionism is a healthy historiographical process, and no one, not even revisionists, should be exempt from it. Exempt
- The United States came out of the 1990s, if anything, in an even greater position of hegemony and preeminence than it was at the beginning… Beginning
- The doctrine of preemption has a long and distinguished history in the history of American foreign policy. American
- Second terms in the White House open the way for second thoughts. House
- George W. Bush has much to evaluate: he has presided over the most sweeping redesign of U.S. grand strategy since the presidency of Franklin D.… Bush
- I think the way to think about the impact of Hiroshima is to think about it as a sudden shift in the balance of power. Balance