Thomas Andrew Bailey was a professor of history at his alma mater, Stanford University, and wrote many historical monographs on diplomatic history, including the widely used American history textbook, The American Pageant. He was known for his witty style and clever terms he coined, such as "international gangsterism." He popularized diplomatic history with his entertaining textbooks and lectures, the presentation style of which followed Ephraim Douglass Adams. Bailey contended foreign policy was significantly affected by public opinion, and that current policymakers could learn from history. Wikipedia
A Diplomatic History of the American People, 7th ed., p. 17
“Vietnam is the dead albatross around Johnson's neck that may pull him down.”
As quoted in The New York Times (November 6, 1966)
The American Pageant Revisited, p. 9
Essays Diplomatic and Undiplomatic of Thomas A. Bailey (1969), p. 15
Essays Diplomatic and Undiplomatic of Thomas A. Bailey (1969), p. 10
