Justus Drew Doenecke (born March 5, 1938) is an American historian, writer, and professor. His 2000 book, ''Storm on the Horizon: the Challenge to American Intervention, 1939-1941'', received the Herbert Hoover Book Award from the

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. Doenecke is Professor

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Education

Doenecke was born on March 5, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York, to Justus Christian and Eleanore Howard (née Smith) Doenecke. In 1960, he graduated

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from Colgate University with his

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degree. Doenecke earned his

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and Ph.D. in History from Princeton University in 1962 and 1966, respectively.

Career

Doenecke was an Instructor of History at Colgate University from 1963 to 1964, and was instructor, then assistant professor, at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1965 to 1969. He rose from assistant professor to full professor at New College of Florida (from 1975 to 2001 New College of the University of South Florida) from 1966 to 2005, before being named Professor Emeritus of History in 2005. He is the author of more than ten books. Doenecke's book ''Storm on the Horizon: The Challenge to American Intervention, 1939-1941'' was the 2000 recipient for the Herbert Hoover Book Award for best book on any topic of American history within the years 1914–64, the years of Hoover's public life. The topics of Doenecke's books vary. He has written about the presidency of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, the United States' entry into World War I, the

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's general foreign policy,

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, and the

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. Doenecke has also contributed to various reference books and has written articles and book reviews for scholarly journals. Doenecke's documentary edition of the

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won the Arthur S. Link Prize for Documentary Editing from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Doenecke is a member of many associations, which are as follows:

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, the American Historical Association,

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, and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church.

Personal life

Doenecke married Carol Anne Soukup, merchandizer and later a pastel artist, on March 21, 1970. He identifies as

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Publications

Articles & Essays

"Harry Elmer Barnes."
''

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'', vol. 56, no. 4 (Summer 1973), pp. 311–23. . * "Non-interventionism of the Left: The Keep America Out of the War Congress, 1938-41." ''

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'', vol. 12, no. 2 (Apr. 1977), pp. 221-236. .
"Principle and Expediency: The State Department and Palestine, 1948."
''

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'', vol. 2, no. 4 (1978), pp. 343–56.
"The Isolationist as Collectivist: Lawrence Dennis and The Coming of World War II."
''

'', vol. 3, no. 2 (1979), pp. 191-207.
"Toward an Isolationist Braintrust: The Foundation for Foreign Affairs."
''

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'', vol. 143, no. 3 (Winter 1980), pp. 264–77. .
"The Anti-interventionist Tradition: Leadership and Perceptions."

Literature of Liberty
', vol. 4, no. 2 (Summer 1981), pp. 7–67
Full issue.
A bibliographical essay.
"Edwin M. Borchard, John Bassett Moore, and Opposition to American Intervention in World War II."
''

'', vol. 6, no. 1 (Winter 1982), pp. 1–34.
"American Isolationism, 1939-1941."
''

'', vol. 6, no. 3-4 (1982), pp. 201–16.
"Explaining the Antiwar Movement, 1939-1941: The Next Assignment."
''

'', vol. 8, no. 1 (Winter 1986), pp. 139–62.
"The Anti-Interventionism of Herbert Hoover."
''

'', vol. 8, no. 2 (Summer 1987), pp. 311-40.
"How FDR Created the Surveillance State."
''

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'' (May 10, 2015).
"Naught Without Labor: A Half Century of Exploration into Twentieth-Century American Intervention and Its Critics."
''H-DIPLO'' (Mar. 2020).

Bibliographies

* ''The Literature of Isolationism: A Guide to Non-Interventionist Scholarship, 1930-1972''. Colorado Springs: Ralph Myles (1972).
"Literature of Isolationism, 1972–1983: A Bibliographic Guide."
''

'', vol. 7, no. 1 (1983), pp. 157–184
Full issue.
:: This essay supplements (not replaces) the earlier ''Literature of Isolationism'' (1972). Written for a 1980 seminar sponsored by the World Without War Council in Berkeley, California, then updated further."Literature of Isolationism, 1972-1983: A Bibliographic Guide."
Auburn, Ala.:

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Books

* ''From Isolation to War, 1931-1941''. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company (1968). * ''The Literature of Isolationism: A Guide to Non-Interventionist Scholarship, 1930-1972''. Colorado Springs: Ralph Myles (1972). * ''Not to the Swift: the Old Isolationists in the Cold War Era''. Lewisberg, Pa.:

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(1979). . *''The Diplomacy of Frustration: The Manchurian Crisis of 1931-1933 as Revealed in the Papers of Stanley K. Hornbeck'' (1981). . * ''The Presidencies of James A. Garfield & Chester A. Arthur''. Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas (1981). . *''When the Wicked Rise: American Opinion-Makers and the Manchurian Crisis of 1931-1933''. Lewisberg, Pa.:

(1984). . *''In Danger Undaunted: the Anti-Interventionist Movement of 1940-1941 as Revealed in the Papers of the America First Committee'' (1990). . * ''The Battle Against Intervention, 1939-1941''. Malabar, Fla.: Krieger (1997). . . * ''Storm on the Horizon: The Challenge to American Intervention, 1939-1941'' (2000). . . * ''The New Deal''. Malabar, Fla.: Krieger (2003). . .
''Debating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Foreign Policies''
with Mark A. Stoler. New York:

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(2005). . .
''Nothing Less Than War: A New History of America's Entry into World War I''.

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(2011). . .

Book reviews

Review of ''Selling War: The British Propaganda Campaign Against American "Neutrality" in World War II''
by Nicholas J. Cull. '' Independent Review'', vol. 1, no. 2 (Fall 1996).
Review of ''Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States, 1939–1944''
by Thomas E. Mahl. '' Independent Review'', vol. 4, no. 1 (Summer 1999). * Review of ''Means of Grace: A Year of Weekly Devotions'', by Fleming Rutledge. ''

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'', vol. 104, no. 1 (Feb. 2022), pp. 99-100. .

Contributions

* "Power, Markets, and Ideology: The Isolationist Response to Roosevelt Policy, 1940-1941." In: Liggio, Leonard P., and James J. Martin, eds. ''Watershed of Empire: Essays on New Deal Foreign Policy'', with a

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. Colorado Spring: Ralph Myles (1976). pp. 132-161. .

Encyclopedic and reference

"Isolationism."
In
''Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History''.

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. .

References

External links

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''Dr. Justus Doenecke at Pritzker Military Museum & Library'' (video)
via

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