Donald Rakestraw
Jacksonville State University, BA 1975, MA 1979; The University of Alabama, PhD 1991
Research Interests:
In addition to offering courses in early and modern U.S. diplomatic history, and a history of the Cold War, Professor Rakestraw also offers a graduate research seminar in Anglo-American relations. Although the seminar is sometimes offered on campus, it is more routinely offered as a summer seminar at Wadham College, Oxford University. The course introduces students to archival research here in the States via the National Archives and in the U.K via the British Library in London, manuscript sets at the Bodliean Library in Oxford, and document sets at the Public Record Office at Kew Gardens. Professor Rakestraw's publications include For Honor or Destiny: The Anglo-American Crisis over the Oregon Territory (1995); Prologue to Manifest Destiny: Anglo-American Relations in the 1840s (1997) and numerous articles and chapters. He is currently completing a chapter on U.S. Civil War diplomacy for the new Guide to the History of U.S. Foreign Relations and is conducting research for a monograph on the Anglo-American dispute over the C.S.S. Alabama during the American Civil War.
Upper Division & Graduate Courses Taught:
HIST 3135: The Rise of the U.S. to World Power
HIST 3136: The U.S. as a Global Power
HIST/INTS 4133: U.S. Diplomacy: The Cold War
HIST 7638: Research Seminar "Brother Jonathan and John Bull: Anglo-American Relations since 1815." This course is generally offered as a summer seminar at Oxford University. Go to http://coe.georgiasouthern.edu/oxford/Home_P1.htm for additional information.
Address & Contact Information:
1124 Forest Building
PO Box 8054
Department of History
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8054
Tel.: (912) 478-0252
Email: dastraw@georgiasouthern.edu
Fax: (912) 478-0377
