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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kochin, Michael Shalom (1970-....)
Taylor, Michael (1988-....)
Titre(s) : An independent empire [Texte imprimé] : diplomacy and war in the making of the United States / Michael S. Kochin and Michael Taylor
Publication : Ann Arbor (Mich.) : University of Michigan Press, 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (309 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 275-287. Index
"Foreign policies and diplomatic missions, combined with military action, were the
driving forces behind the growth of the early United States. In an era when the Old
and New Worlds were subject to British, French, and Spanish imperial ambitions, the
new republic had limited diplomatic presence and minimal public credit. It was vulnerable
to hostile forces in every direction. The United States could not have survived, grown,
or flourished without the adoption of prescient foreign policies, or without skillful
diplomatic operations. An Independent Empire shows how foreign policy and diplomacy
constitute a truly national story, necessary for understanding the history of the
United States. In this lively and well-written book, episodes in American history-such
as the writing and ratification of the Constitution, Henry Clay's advocacy of an American
System, Pinckney's Treaty with Spain, and the visionary but absurd Congress of Panama-are
recast as elemental aspects of United States foreign and security policy. An Independent
Empire tells the stories of the people who defined the early history of America's
international relationships. Throughout the book are brief, entertaining vignettes
of often-overlooked intellectuals, spies, diplomats, and statesmen whose actions and
decisions shaped the first fifty years of the United States. More than a dozen bespoke
maps illustrate that the growth of the early United States was as much a geographical
as a political or military phenomenon"
Sujet(s) : Relations extérieures -- États-Unis -- 1775-1783
Relations extérieures -- États-Unis -- 1783-1865
États-Unis -- 1775-1783 (Révolution)
États-Unis -- 1783-1815
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.3 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1775-1789
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780472074402 (rel.). - ISBN 0472074407 (erroné). - ISBN 9780472054404 (erroné).
- ISBN 0472054406 (erroné). - ISBN 9780472126484 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46855730s
Notice n° :
FRBNF46855730
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: an independent empire ; The British and the problems of American empire
; Foreign alliance and the Revolutionary War ; Peace and the Treaty of Paris ; Foreign
policy and the United States Constitution ; The United States and the French Revolution,
1789-1794 ; Three treaties ; Saint Domingue and the Quasi-War, 1797-1800 ; The
purchase and the pirates, 1800-1805 ; Embargo ; The War of 1812 ; American progress
at Spanish expense, 1815-1819 ; Monsters and the American system ; The Monroe Doctrine
; The Congress of Panama.
