试论美国外交史学中的“威斯康星学派”之形成

美国外交史学中的“威斯康星学派”是一个富有特色的学派。该学派之所以能够在20世纪60年代崛起于威斯康星大学，除了威大历史上的进步主义史学传统这一丰厚的思想资源外，一个激进的史学家社区的存在，及紧密的私人情谊，是该学派得以创立的根本保证。正是通过威廉斯，美国外交史学中的“进步主义”传统才得以从查尔斯·比尔德、哈林顿一代，传递给了拉夫伯、加德纳和麦考密克一代；也正是威廉斯组建了一个人员基础雄厚的激进知识分子社区，并通过这一社区，把他本人以及拉夫伯等人置放在富有成果的思想脉络当中，从而获得创新的能量，然后打开局面，开宗立派。

On the Making of the Wisconsin School of American Diplomatic History

The Wisconsin School of American diplomatic history is a distinctive scholar group in American diplomatically historical profession in the post World War II era.This paper argues that the making of the Wisconsin School depended on the creation and existence of an radical intellectual community and close-knit personal companionship,It was through Williams that the progressive tradition was passed from Charles Beard and Harrington to La Feber,Gardner and McCormick,it was Williams himself that created a radica...