Ideas are Weapons: On the Academic Legacy of Professor David F. Schmitz.

An essay is presented which discusses academic accomplishments and legacy of historian David F. Schmitz particularly his significant contributions to U.S. foreign relations historiography. Topics explored include his designation as Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History at Whitman College in Washington, the history courses he taught which range from 20th century U.S. history to American nationalism, and the arguments he raised in his book "The United States and Fascist Italy, 1922-1940."