The genesis of us foreign policy: T.А. Bailey's public opinion approach

Dorofeiev Denys Vladimirovich

The purpose of the study is to determine the role and place of the theme of the US foreign policy genesis in the views of T. A. Bailey in the context of the evolution of the diplomatic history school during the 1930–1970s and the approach of public opinion developed by him. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that for the first time the analysis of T. A. Bailey's approach to the topic of the origin of the foreign policy of the United States is carried out; its influence on the development of the topic in historiography is determined. The results of the study showed that under the influence of the progressive trend, T. A. Bailey laid and contributed to the systemic transformation of the school of diplomatic history; the topic of the origin of foreign policy was not highlighted by him, but he created the prerequisites for its actualization by revisionist historians in the 1940–1970s.

Keywords:genesis of foreign policy, historiography, revisionism, USA, S. F. Bemis, T. A. Bailey.