Julius William Pratt (1888–1983)[1] was a United States historian who specialized in foreign relations and imperialism. Noted for his studies of the origins of the War of 1812 and the war with Spain in 1898, he also wrote a two-volume biography of Cordell Hull. He was the historian who rediscovered John L. O'Sullivan and his role in originating the idea of Manifest Destiny.[2]
- ^ "The History of UB's Department of Political Science". University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Department of Political Science. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- ^ Julius W. Pratt, "Origin of Manifest Destiny," The American Historical Review 32 (July 1927), 795–798.