The episode follows Roosevelt from the New York State Assembly through the police commission, assistant secretaryship of the Navy, governorship, vice presidency, and presidency. His service in the Spanish-American War added military experience to his long study of naval history. In 1906 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for helping mediate the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War. He had encountered sea power as an administrator, soldier, historian, politician, and international mediator, the combination behind his conception of the Great White Fleet.
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The naval experience Roosevelt brought to office
Roosevelt's political, naval-administration, military, and diplomatic experience helps explain why he treated sea power as an instrument of national policy.