1. A fine obituary for the radical diplomatic historian Marilyn Young (1937-2017):https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/marilyn-young-obituary-vietnam-wars-feminism-imperialism/ …
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2. Reading obit, I was struck by the odd fact the school of historians Young belongs to is currently out of fashion, when it is so timely
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3. Young belong to the cohort of diplomatic historians who, shaped by William A. Williams, saw USA foreign policy as guided by economics.
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4. The Wisconsin School Young belonged to saw USA foreign policy as being guided by economics & having an imperialist cast.
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5. Major theme of Wisconsin School is that both so-called isolationists & internationalists sought to grapple with need for foreign trade.
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6. USA currently has president who wants to "take the oil" & Exxon CEO is Secretary of State. But Wisconsin school is out of fashion!
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7. Trump's trade policies make more sense if you read what Young's mentor W.A. Williams wrote about Herbert Hoover.
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8. Young herself was a superb historian of the Vietnam war and also a committed & consistent critic of American imperialism. RIP.
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