Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1976

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Kolinski, Charles J.

Abstract

The political career of James G. Blaine is a paradox. Historians have generally portrayed him as a man who would readily use his office for personal gain. Still the most apparent result of Blaine's two terms as Secretary of State is the First International Conference of American States and his advocacy of Pan Americanism. Many of the same historians who describe Blaine in such an uncomplimentary manner view his Pan American policy as idealistic and dedicated to the bettering of relations between the United States and all Latin American republics. Blaine may be more reasonably described as a vehicle of the Republican party and the business interests which controlled it. Pan Americanism, when seen in the proper context of the total scope of Latin American foreign policy designed during the Harrison administration, was not based on an idealistic notion. It is in keeping with Blaine's true character because it was used as a means of furthering the aims of the Republican party.

Extent

112 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13832

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