Robert Freeman Smith, Professor Emeritus, received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin in 1958, with specialization in U.S. diplomatic history.
Dr. Smith has served on the editorial boards of Diplomatic History and Continuity: A Journal of History, and on the national executive councils of the Latin American Studies Association and the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. In 1986 Dr. Smith was named Distinguished University Professor.
Contact Information:
Office: Tucker Hall 3147
Phone: 419-530-4533
Email: robert.smith5@utoledo.edu
Publications
He has published several books, including: The United States and Cuba: Business and Diplomacy 1917-1960 (1961), recipient of one of the 1961 Texas Writers' Roundup Awards; The United States and Revolutionary Nationalism in Mexico, 1916-1931 (1972), winner of the Ohio Academy of History Publication Award for 1973; The Era of Caribbean Intervention, 1898-1930 (1980) and The Era of Good Neighbors, Cold Warriors and Hairshirts, 1930-1982 (1983), vols. 1 and 2, respectively, of The United States and the Latin American Sphere of Influence; and The Caribbean World and the United States: Mixing Rum & Coca Cola (1993). In addition, Dr. Smith's articles and essays have appeared in numerous journals and books.