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

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. He has used

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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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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.

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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