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The American Presidency Podcast
Hosted by James Cooper · EN
In the American Presidency Podcast, Dr James Cooper (York St John University) and Dr Thomas Robb (Oxford Brookes University) discuss their shared interest and overlapping specialisms in all things related to the office, and holders, of president of the United States.
Jim is a historian of the American presidency, with an interest in the relationship between domestic politics and foreign policy, particularly in matters regarding Anglo-American relations.
Tom is diplomatic and military history of the United States and has a keen interest in U.S. grand strategy.
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Episode 4: Was there a Reagan Revolution? AKA Jim flies solo ...
Jul 7, 202100:30:47Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, you will have the chance to hear a public lecture delivered by Dr Cooper about Ronald Reagan. This lecture is part of York St John's "Questions in History" series. The lectures can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5tGCiH7x8AN9oYkFk0X3DQgzIcgK8wKw As always, there is a very brief survey related to the episodes. If you have a spare minute, please complete it via here: https://yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bfQTnSrZvkmVHJs Don't forget to follow us on Twitter! @Dr_JamesTCooper @YSJAmStuds @YSJHistory @brookes_history
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Jul 7, 202100:41:11Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, Jim and Tom discuss American diplomacy, with particular reference to Anglo-American relations. In the discussion, they use Tom's research to explore the "special relationship" in through the prism of the "3 Cs: - competition, co-operation and coercion. For Tom's book on this topic, please see: A Strained Partnership? Us-UK Relations in the Era of Detente, 1969-77 (Manchester University Press, 2013). The chaps also talk about the role of ambassadors. For an excellent book about this, we recommend: J. Simon Rofe and Alison Holmes (eds.), The Embassy in Grosvenor Square: American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, 1938-2008 (Palgrave, 2013). For Jim's story about Reagan discussing Northern Ireland with the UK ambassador, please see: ‘“The situation over there really bothers me”: Ronald Reagan and the Northern Ireland conflict,’ Irish Historical Studies, 41:159 (May 2017), 97-116. If you have a moment, please leave your feedback here using our very quick survey: https://yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_87X7W0ovXNho6eq
Transcribe →Episode 2: The Global Role of the U.S. President
Jul 7, 202100:40:49Tap to summarizeIn our second episode, Jim and Tom discuss the global role of the U.S. presidency and how the "global turn" has impacted the research and writing about the American presidency. Their case study focuses on Jim's second monograph - a study about U.S. presidents and the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland. If you have a moment, please do leave us a review wherever you download your podcasts. We want to hear from you - please do call and leave a message using the Anchor listener feedback option! Please also take a couple of minutes to complete a very brief survey about the episode. This will help us to measure whether our podcasts are informing and even influencing your understanding about the American presidency. Answers are anonymised, but overall data may be used in UK Higher Education activities, such as the Research Excellent Framework. The survey can be found here: https://yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_39tQwmogl7yLsHA Do you want to know more about how successive U.S. presidents have approached the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland? We recommend Jim's book, naturally! https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-politics-of-diplomacy.html
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Episode 1: Alliances and Grand Strategy
Jul 7, 202100:26:22Tap to summarizeWelcome to the American Presidency Podcast! In our first episodes, Jim and Tom - well, mainly Tom - discuss how various U.S. presidents have approached alliances and how they have been crucial to the development and successes of U.S. grand strategy, particularly during the Cold War. During the episodes, the chaps discuss Tom's latest book: Divided Allies. For more information about this work, see: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501741845/divided-allies/#bookTabs=1 If you have a moment, we would really appreciate your feedback - this our pilot episode after all! Please leave us a review wherever you download your podcasts. Likewise, please do take a couple of minutes to complete this very brief survey: https://yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cZpy0rxbRZLLroO All answers are anonymous. However, the overall data from this survey may be used to measure the reach and benefit of this podcast to its audience (if any!), e.g. as part of exercises to capture public engagement or the impact of academic work. Cover art: "Harry Truman" by jimbowen0306 is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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