Thomas J. McCormick (March 6, 1933 – July 25, 2020) was an American academic who was emeritus professor of history at the

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, the same place he got a Ph. D. where he succeeded

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and continued the groundbreaking work of the so-called Wisconsin School of diplomatic history. Indeed he is considered one of the core members of the Wisconsin School, along with Williams,

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, and Lloyd Gardner. He has used

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's world-systems approach to describe the dynamics of hegemony in US diplomatic history and also studied US

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. McCormick taught at the

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, and

where he won the Wisconsin Student Association Award for Teaching Excellence (1992-1993). He was a Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow (1981), Distinguished Fulbright Lecturer at

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(1993-1994), and Vilas Associate (1996-1998). McCormick authored six books (see Works) and many influential articles. He often gave US guest lectures as well as several keynote addresses at worldwide conferences. On December 4, 2023, the

Senate Faculty passed a memorial resolution honoring the career and life of Professor Thomas J. McCormick.

Works

*
China Market: America's Quest for Informal Empire, 1893-1901.
' Chicago, IL: Quadrangle Books, 1967. * ''Creation of the American Empire: U.S. Diplomatic History.'' With Lloyd C. Gardner and Walter F. LaFeber. New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1973. *
America in Vietnam.
' With William A. Williams and Walter F. LaFeber. New York: Anchor Doubleday, 1988. *
America's Half-Century: United States Foreign Policy in the Cold War.
' Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990, revised second edition 1995. *
The Vietnam War: Four American Perspectives.
' With William Westmorland, George McGovern, and Edward Luttwack. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1990. * ''Behind the Throne: Servants of Power to Imperial Presidents, 1898-1968.'' With Walter F. LaFeber (eds.) Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994.

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