Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
Stimson, Henry L--(Henry Lewis), --1867-1950; Current, Richard Nelson--Secretary Stimson, a study in statecraft; Mukden Incident, China, 1931; United States--Foreign relations--1929-1933;
Abstract
The primary purpose of this thesis was to investigate Richard N. Current's interpretation of the United States' response during the Manchurian Crisis of 1931-1932. The socalled "crisis" broke out in September when the Japanese used an explosion along the South Manchurian Railway at Mukden as an excuse to occupy that city and to move against other cities in Manchuria. The crisis continued into 1932 with the League of Nations failing to take any more effective action than to appoint a neutral commission to investigate the problems in Manchuria between the two belligerents-China and Japan. Throughout the crisis the United States worked with the League in hopes of getting it to adopt what became known as the Stimson-Hoover Doctrine. Failing this, Hoover's Secretary of State, Henry L. Stimson, announced this country's support of this doctrine in a letter to William Borah, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in February of 1932.
Year of Submission
1980
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of History
First Advisor
Donald R. Whitnah
Second Advisor
Donald E. Shepardson
Third Advisor
Richard S. Newell
Date Original
1980
Object Description
1 PDF file (142 leaves)
Copyright
©1980 Robert A. Jeffrey
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Jeffrey, Robert A., "The Stimson-Hoover Doctrine: The Bankruptcy of Moral and Legalistic Diplomacy" (1980). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 3052.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/3052
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