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George C. Herring

Born

in Blacksburg, Virginia, The United States

May 23, 1936

Died

November 30, 2022

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History

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A specialist in the history of American foreign relations, George C. Herring was Alumni Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Kentucky. Herring received a bachelor's degree from Roanoke College and after service in the U.S. Navy he earned both master's (1962) and doctorate (1965) degrees in History from the University of Virginia. After teaching for four years at Ohio University, Herring joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1969, where he taught until his retirement in 2005. ...more

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	From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 4.17 avg rating — 1,309 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 3.82 avg rating — 851 ratings — published 1979 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Century and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1893-2014 3.98 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pentagon Papers 3.70 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	YEARS OF PERIL AND AMBITION 4.13 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LBJ and Vietnam: A Different Kind of War (Administrative History of the Johnson Presidency Series) 3.71 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aid to Russia, 1941-1946;: Strategy, diplomacy, the origins of the cold war (Contemporary American history series) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War Bells Have Rung: The LBJ Tapes and the Americanization of the Vietnam War 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Diplomacy of the Vietnam War: The Negotiating Volumes of the Pentagon Papers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Blood: LBJ's Conduct of Limited War in Vietnam really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The outbreak of war in 1792 offered enticing opportunities to attain longstanding”
― George C. Herring, From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776

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“What frightens me is that when a country begins to extend its influence by strong arm methods beyond its borders under the guise of security it is difficult to see how a line can be drawn.
If the policy is accepted that [Russia] has a right to penetrate her immediate neighbors . . . penetration of the next immediate neighbors becomes at a certain time equally logical.

[W. Averell Harriman, US Ambassador to USSR, Sept 20, 1944]”
― George C. Herring, Aid to Russia, 1941-1946;: Strategy, diplomacy, the origins of the cold war

tags: appeasement, maga, maga-appeasement, russian-aggression, totalitarianism

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