{"product_id":"eyes-on-the-stars-and-feet-on-the-ground-hardcover","title":"Eyes on the Stars and Feet on the Ground - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHoward Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground\" reads a plaque near the gravesite of Theodore Roosevelt, America's 26th president. During his tumultuous seven and a half years in the White House, Roosevelt boasted that his administration had combined ideals and reality to take a leading role in maintaining global peace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, the late Howard Jones, one of the most distinguished historians of American foreign relations of his generation, highlights the path to peace that Roosevelt had begun to develop shortly before becoming president and tried to implement throughout his White House tenure. For his efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War, he was the first American, and one of only two twentieth century presidents, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. By exploring the influence of Roosevelt's private life on his public service, Jones presents a broader understanding that will appeal to readers beyond specialists in US foreign relations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: The late Howard Jones, University of Alabama Research Professor of History Emeritus, was the author of numerous books and articles on the history of U.S. foreign relations. Among his works are the award winning \u003ci\u003eTo the Webster-Ashburton Treaty; Mutiny on the Amistad\u003c\/i\u003e that contributed to Stephen Spielberg's major motion picture \u003ci\u003eAmistad\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eUnion in Peril\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlue and Gray Diplomacy\u003c\/i\u003e, both essential reading on the international dimensions of the Civil War; \u003ci\u003eThe Bay of Pigs\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War\u003c\/i\u003e; and, most recently, New York Times \"Editors' Choice\"\u003ci\u003e My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor: Donald A. Rakestraw is Georgia Southern University and Winthrop University Professor of History Emeritus. Among his publications are \u003ci\u003eFor Honor or Destiny: The Anglo-American Crisis over the Oregon Territory\u003c\/i\u003e; a Choice Academic Book of the Year for 1997, \u003ci\u003ePrologue to Manifest Destiny: Anglo-American Relations in the 1840s\u003c\/i\u003e (with Howard Jones); and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eDaniel Webster: Defender of Peace. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756063482189,"sku":"9798881801892","price":73.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/ZAjytm4LYR9798881801892.webp?v=1776721998","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/eyes-on-the-stars-and-feet-on-the-ground-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}