Theodore Roosevelt and World Order: Police Power in International Relations, by James R. Holmes

Washington: Potomac Books, 2005. Pp. iii, 325. Illus., notes, biblio., index. $29.95. ISBN:1-57488-883-8.

Albeit about events a century or so in the past, Theodore Roosevelt and World Order is a rather timely look at the ideas of one of the principle founders of modern internationalism. Despite his image as a militaristic jingo, Theodore Roosevelt was actually a very careful statesman and a strong champion of international order and cooperation, including what we today call �peace keeping� or �peace making.�

This well--documented work (be sure to read the notes, as they are often quite valuable) reviews T.R.�s intellectual roots and his basic ideas about international relations, national power, foreign policy and international law, using a series of case studies (though it curiously spends little space on his masterful orchestration of the end of the Russo-Japanese War), to demonstrate his approach to international order. It concludes with a review of some principles that ought to underpin international interventionist peace making. rc=http://www.adsitelo.com/b.js> Reviewer: A. A. Nofi   

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