The sublime intertwining: Theodore Roosevelt’s integration of diplomacy and naval operations
Subject(s): Anglo German Blockade (Venezuela : 1902), Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923, Dewey, George, 1837-1917, Diplomacy, Hay, John, 1838-1905, Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924, Long, John Davis, 1838-1915, Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914, Mission statements, Monroe doctrine, Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917, O'Laughlin, John Callan, 1873-1949, Perdicaris, Ion Hanford, 1840-1925, Raysūnī, Aḥmad, Revolution (Panama : 1903), Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, United States. Navy
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Henry J. Hendrix argues that President Theodore Roosevelt did not see diplomacy and the deployment of the United States Navy as separate and unrelated actions, but rather he saw and used them as complements to one another, and Hendrix cites examples of episodes during Roosevelt’s presidency to bolster his argument. Hendrix cites the Venezuelan crisis of 1902, intervention in Panama in 1903, the kidnapping of Ion Perdicaris in 1904, and the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 as examples of Roosevelt deploying assets of the United States Navy in support of his diplomatic efforts. Hendrix asserts that Roosevelt used a very hands on approach to his statecraft, in effect acting as his own Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy.
Two photographs of Hendrix and one of Secretary of State John Hay appear in the article along with a text box containing the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.
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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
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2007-10-27
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English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
11
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Image
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Chicago:
The sublime intertwining: Theodore Roosevelt’s integration of diplomacy and naval operations. [October 27, 2007]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308269. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Hendrix, Henry J.. The sublime intertwining: Theodore Roosevelt’s integration of diplomacy and naval operations. [27 Oct. 2007]. Image.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308269.
APA:
Hendrix, Henry J.., [2007, October 27]. The sublime intertwining: Theodore Roosevelt’s integration of diplomacy and naval operations.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308269.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
