Diplomat in Khaki by A. J. Bacevich - 9780700631377

Diplomat in KhakiMajor General Frank Ross McCoy and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1949\nAuthor(s): A. J. Bacevich\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Kansas, United States\nImprint: University Press of Kansas\nISBN-13: 9780700631377, 978-0700631377\nSynopsis\nHailed by the New York Times as one of the best soldiers this country has produced, Frank Ross McCoy was, throughout his distinguished career, much more than just a good soldier. As friend and confidant to such leaders as Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard Wood, and Henry Stimson, he disproves the standard view of the military before 1940 as having no role in American foreign policy. Instead, as A. J. Bacevich ably demonstrates, McCoy was intimately involved in the development of [url] foreign relations from McKinleys administration to Trumans.\n\nMcCoy began his military career with Leonard Wood in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. After the war, he and Wood (who became military governor) worked together to establis.