Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt) was the 26th U.S. President, known for conservation, trust-busting, and a dynamic career ...

To prevent such a turn of events, Roosevelt explained to Congress in 1904 that the U.S. government reserved the right to deploy “an international police power,” intervening in Latin American ...

S OME 120 years on, few remember the outrage provoked by the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to Theodore Roosevelt, the ...

Roosevelt’s friend and fellow naval enthusiast Alfred Thayer Mahan had urged America to “look outward.” Roosevelt, who as a young man had written a naval history of the War of 1812, agreed.

Theodore Roosevelt came to the presidency intent on expanding U.S. power abroad and with a belief that America should be strong and ready to defend its interests around the world.

Roosevelt, by contrast, was a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War and advocated American intervention in Latin America. Although he may have believed in peace, he was hardly a pacifist.

Theodore Roosevelt became a national hero after leading a voluntary cavalry, the Rough Riders, in the Spanish-American War. After, the former assistant naval secretary served as New York governor ...