Background
Williamson, Samuel Ruthven was born on November 10, 1935 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States. Son of Samuel Ruthven and Frances Mitchell (Page) Williamson.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
book
July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Samuel R. Williamson Jr (27-Mar-2003) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013J8ZOI2/?tag=2022091-20
July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War-A Documentary History
(Williamson and Van Wyk's carefully chosen primary documen...)
Williamson and Van Wyk's carefully chosen primary documents memoirs, diaries, government documents, newspaper editorials, and other contemporary accounts introduce readers to the civilian and military leaders whose decisions contributed to events that led to World War I. The documents, along with the authors' scholarly, engaging analysis and insights, reveal personal and national conceptions of war and peace, militaristic impulses, and influential contextual factors, including alliance structures, arms races, and mobilization arrangements of the time. Coverage includes all the major powers of the war Austria Hungary, Germany, Russia, Italy, France, England, and Serbia. The authors' conclusion that individuals, not monolithic governments and impersonal forces, made the decisions in the summer of 1914 that led to the First World War, is worthy of consideration in the current era of global tension and terrorism. Title of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Lafore, The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I, Second Edition (ISBN 9780881339543).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1478622865/?tag=2022091-20
The Politics of Grand Strategy: Britain and France Prepare for War, 1904-1914 by Williamson Jr., Samuel R. (2008) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011YTOC9U/?tag=2022091-20
The Politics of Grand Strategy: Britain and France Prepare for War, 1904-1914
(The emergence of the Anglo-French entente after 1904 resh...)
The emergence of the Anglo-French entente after 1904 reshaped the international system before the First World War. After Russi's addition in 1907, the Triple Entente confronted the Triple Alliance in crisis after crisis. This study, first published in 1969, chronicles the impact of the entente upon the British decision to pursue a policy of Continental intervention and looks at the ramifications of that decision upon both British and French strategic policies. Britain's search for support against an assertive Germany represented its first acknowledgement of relative decline in the international system. The British sought to conceal the extent of their policy shift, denying the entente relationship had any military or naval dimension. In fact, from late 1905 to the war, there were secret military and naval conversations between the two governments. Mr. Williamson, focusing upon the content and conduct of the covert planning, examines the assumptions of entente strategy and its operational consequences. In the years after 1905 the military and naval talks would become a British substitute for a formal alliance commitment to the French; this use of the secret talks, which misled the British cabinet for years and the British parliament down to August 1914, possibly also explains Germany's failure to assess correctly Britain's support for France. Williamson thus helps put Fritz Fischer's arguments about German policy into a comparative framework. The Politics of Grand Strategy also examines the domestic ramifications of the secret staff planning and the ineptness of radical leadership in the British Cabinet in trying to block the Continental strategy. The author analyzes the problems of civil-military relations, the difficulty of controlling zealous staff officers, and the inherent risks of all forms of strategic planning. This second edition has a new preface that analyzes the abundant new literature appearing since 1969 on British military and intelligence operations, on the evolution of French strategic planning, and on the clashes of the entente and alliance systems.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674688759/?tag=2022091-20
July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War-A Documentary History Paperback February 26, 2015
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010TTD9OK/?tag=2022091-20
July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War - A Brief Documentary History
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008WDR1ZO/?tag=2022091-20
July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War-A Documentary History 1st edition by Samuel R. Williamson Jr., Russel Van Wyk (2015) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01182F6AW/?tag=2022091-20
(The Politics of Grand Strategy: Britain and France Prepare for War, 1904-1914 * * ) Author: Samuel R Jr Williamson Nov-2008
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0140DO79M/?tag=2022091-20
Austria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War (The Making of the Twentieth Century) by Williamson Jr, Samuel R. (1990) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IGYV6OG/?tag=2022091-20
Samuel Ruthven Williamson
Edit Profilehistorian university president
Samuel Ruthven Williamson, American Historian, university president Fulbright scholar U. Edinburgh, 1958-1959; Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1958-1963; Danforth fellow, 1958-1963; National Endowment Humanities fellow, 1976-1977; Ford Foundation grantee, 1976; fellow National Humanities Center, 1983; recipient George Louis Beer prize for best book on international history Am.Hist. Association, 1970.
Education
Bachelor, Tulane University, 1958; AM, Harvard University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966; graduate advanced management program, Harvard University, 1986; honorary degree, Furman U. honorary degree, Virginia Theological Seminary honorary degree, Centre College.
Career
Assistant professor, United States Military Academy, 1963-1966;
instructor history, Harvard University, 1966-1968;
assistant professor, Harvard University, 1968-1972;
Allston Burr senior tutor, Harvard University, 1968-1972;
assistant to dean of Harvard College, Harvard University, 1969-1970;
research associate Institute Politics, faculty associate, Center for International Affairs, 1971-1972;
member of faculty, J.F. Kennedy School Government, 1971-1972;
associate professor of history, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972-1974;
professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1974-1988;
dean College Arts and Sciences, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1977-1985;
provost university, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1984-1988;
president, vice chancellor, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, since 1988. Consultant Historian' General’ s Office, Office of Secretary Defense, 1974-1976. Visiting fellow Churchill College, 1976-1977.
Member visiting committee Harvard College, 1986-1992. Director Research Triangle Institute, 1984-1988. Trustee North Carolina School Science and Mathematics, 1985-1988, Day Foundation, 1990-1993.
Member board visitors Air U., since 1994.
Achievements
Works
book
-
July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War-A Documentary History
(Williamson and Van Wyk's carefully chosen primary documen...)
-
The Politics of Grand Strategy: Britain and France Prepare for War, 1904-1914
(The emergence of the Anglo-French entente after 1904 resh...)
- July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Samuel R. Williamson Jr (27-Mar-2003) Paperback
- The Politics of Grand Strategy: Britain and France Prepare for War, 1904-1914 by Williamson Jr., Samuel R. (2008) Paperback
- July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War-A Documentary History Paperback February 26, 2015
- July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War - A Brief Documentary History
- July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War-A Documentary History 1st edition by Samuel R. Williamson Jr., Russel Van Wyk (2015) Paperback
- (The Politics of Grand Strategy: Britain and France Prepare for War, 1904-1914 * * ) Author: Samuel R Jr Williamson Nov-2008
- Austria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War (The Making of the Twentieth Century) by Williamson Jr, Samuel R. (1990) Paperback
-
July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War-A Documentary History
Membership
Member central committee Morehead Foundation, 1978-1993. Vice Chairman of the Board visitors Air U., 1996-1998, Chairman of the Board visitors, since 1998. Captain United States Army, 1963-1966.
Member American History Association, International Institute Strategic Studies, National Association Colleges Universities (vice chairman, Chairman, Board Of Directors 1993-1995).
Connections
Married Joan Chaffe Andress, December 30, 1961. Children: George Samuel, Treeby Andress, ThaddeusMiller.
-
Born
-
Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Democrat
Awards
-
Fulbright scholar U. Edinburgh, 1958-1959. Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1958-1963. Danforth fellow, 1958-1963. National Endowment Humanities fellow, 1976-1977. Ford Foundation grantee, 1976. Fellow National Humanities Center, 1983. Recipient George Louis Beer prize for best book on international history Am.Hist. Association, 1970.Fulbright scholar U. Edinburgh, 1958-1959. Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1958-1963. Danforth fellow, 1958-1963.
National Endowment Humanities fellow, 1976-1977. Ford Foundation grantee, 1976. Fellow National Humanities Center, 1983.
Recipient George Louis Beer prize for best book on international history Am.Hist. Association, 1970.