HIST 2401 Lecture Notes - Randolph Bourne, Dakota Territory
26 Feb 2014
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Theodore roosevelt, peace and expansion (1899: roosevelt argues that peace must be won through war. In his nomination for the medal of honor was very important to him and his manhood. Fascination with putting himself in the way of danger. In 1885 in dakota territory, knocked out burly man with 4 pistols for calling him four-eyes. Towards end of life, trip to amazon and got fever. Led to his death because of his sickness. Growing infrequency of war between uncivilized nations more civilizations expand (civ=peace), less barbarianism exists. As a child, his father pushed him to go to war to become tough. Split time between civilization and the western front. Duty to root out barbarism b/c way to freedom/peace. Words such as manly, pacifists/weakling, coward (calls wilson this up until went to war in 1917) Scant attention is paid to the weak/coward pg 3. Manly person preaches peace but realizes that war is necessary to reach this.
