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Walter LaFeber is Marie Underhill Noll Professor Emeritus of History and a Stephen H.

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In every major decision they were motivated not by concern for stability nor democracy…they sought control and opportunity…If they had wanted stability, they would have made Cuba and Puerto Rico parts of the Union.”

– Walter LaFeber

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A history of the Conquest written by the conqueror

– Walter LaFeber

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Certain sorts of concessions granted by governments in America to European financiers and contractors…might lead to measures which would imperil the political independence, or at the very least, the complete political autonomy of the American states involved.”

– Walter LaFeber

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[H]is foreign policy displayed a realism, a careful calculation of forces and… diplomatic finesse…. Stalin’s priority was not world revolution but, once again, Russian security and his own personal power. (Feber, 1993, p. 22 of America, Russia and the Cold War 1945-1992.)

– Walter LaFeber

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[H]is foreign policy displayed a realism, a careful calculation of forces and… diplomatic finesse…. Stalin’s priority was not world revolution but, once again, Russian security and his own personal power. (Feber, 1993, p. 22)

– Walter LaFeber

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CarlosMoreno
Does any one know the source of the Walter LaFeber quote about Woodrow Wilson: "A history of the Conquest written by the conqueror."
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