Eyes on the Stars and Feet on the Ground: The Foreign Policy of Theodore Roosevelt

“Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground” reads a plaque near the gravesite of Theodore Roosevelt, America's 26th president. During his tumultuous seven and a half years in the White House, Roosevelt boasted that his administration had combined ideals and reality to take a leading role in maintaining global peace.

In this book, the late Howard Jones, one of the most distinguished historians of American foreign relations of his generation, highlights the path to peace th...