Date of Award
Spring 6-12-2026
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in International Studies
Organizational Unit
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
First Advisor
David Goldfischer
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Keywords
Republican Party, Foreign policy, Bipartisan, Domestic legitimacy, Bipartisan foreign policy
Abstract
This thesis provides a historical and structural reexamination of the Republican Party’s role in shaping American foreign policy from 1945 to 1953. Defying the historiography of a frictionless postwar consensus and an executive branch-centered narrative, this historical chronological study demonstrates that the Republican Party’s role in formulating the bipartisan foreign policy was a contingent and debated legislative construction. Far from representing passive submission or a surrender of partisan identity, the GOP’s role was an indispensable exercise in creating it, and due to politics being what it is, straining it. Through historical chronology spanning from 1945 to 1953, the party's center actively reconciled global commitments with conservative principles of fiscal restraint and constitutional equilibrium. By examining these legislative dynamics, this project argues that domestic political competition, when channeled through disciplined institutional frameworks, strengthens rather than weakens domestic legitimacy.
Copyright Date
6-2026
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Alexander Gellos
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
366 pgs
File Size
2 MB
Recommended Citation
Gellos, Alexander, "The Republican Party and the Creation of the Bipartisan Foreign Policy, 1945-1953" (2026). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2706.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/2706
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