Proceedings Magazine - December 2007 Vol. 133/12/1,258

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Roosevelt Wields His Big Stick
Issue: Proceedings Magazine - December 2007 Vol. 133/12/1,258
A scholar of the life and times of Theodore Roosevelt looks at the international impact of the Great White Fleet a century ago.
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