| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.1

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to the AHR online. About 230 words from this article are provided below; about 617 words remain.

If you are a individual member of the American Historical Association, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time. AHA members can go to the AHA individual membership section to locate their member numbers.
If you are not a member of the American Historical Association, you can:: • Join the AHA and receive many member benefits including print and electronic issues of the American Historical Review.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the American Historical Review (104.3-present). Note: the Research Pass does not provide access to JSTOR's holdings of the American Historical Review.
Instititutions can:: • Subscribe to this journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.1 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Canada and the United States

James R. Holmes. Theodore Roosevelt and World Order: Police Power in International Relations. Dulles, Va.: Potomac Books, Inc. 2006. Pp. 327. $29.95.
The widely accepted notion of Theodore Roosevelt as the embodiment of the "realist" tradition in U.S. foreign relations constitutes a serious oversimplification. True, Roosevelt possessed a sophisticated strategic outlook, upon which he acted adroitly in the interests of the United States and of a peaceful, stable world. But TR always combined realism with a large measure of idealism. He believed strongly that American statesmen should seek international justice and the betterment of the human condition. This altruistic thrust was especially apparent in Roosevelt's dealings with the Philippines and with a couple of Caribbean countries.	1
James R. Holmes, while acknowledging Roosevelt's pursuit of the national interest, grasps and emphasizes Roosevelt's foreign policy idealism. At the core of TR's diplomacy, Holmes contends, was the concept of "international police power," a concept that heretofore has received little scholarly attention. The police power idea was rooted in Roosevelt's progressive domestic policy, which, like his foreign policy, blended "humanitarian idealism and enlightened self-interest" (p. 108). The "two pillars" of the international police power—which was "at once defensive and preemptive in nature"—were "maintaining order and promoting the welfare of the people ... who found themselves under U.S. stewardship" (pp. 137, 186, 146).	. . .

There are about 617 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.