Foreign affairs and the founding fathers [electronic resource] : from confederation to constitution, 1776-1787 / Norman A. Graebner, Richard Dean Burns, and Joseph M. Siracusa.
2011
E249 .G73 2011eb
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Foreign affairs and the founding fathers [electronic resource] : from confederation to constitution, 1776-1787 / Norman A. Graebner, Richard Dean Burns, and Joseph M. Siracusa.
Author
Graebner, Norman A.
ISBN
9780313398278 (electronic bk.)
9780313398261
9780313398261
Publication Details
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxii, 199 p.)
Call Number
E249 .G73 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.3
Summary
This concise diplomatic history of the Confederation era is the first new work on the topic in a generation. In its pages, three distinguished diplomatic historians offer a realist interpretation of the way in which the Founding Fathers conducted foreign affairs, refreshing our collective memory about their priorities and their values.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Burns, Richard Dean.
Siracusa, Joseph M.
Siracusa, Joseph M.
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Table of Contents
The challenge of external relations
America enters the international community
The challenge of independence
American diplomats engage Britain and France
American diplomats engage the Barbary pirates and Spain
The crisis of 1786 : call for constitutional revision
External relations and the constitution, 1787
The ratification debate : how important foreign policy?.
America enters the international community
The challenge of independence
American diplomats engage Britain and France
American diplomats engage the Barbary pirates and Spain
The crisis of 1786 : call for constitutional revision
External relations and the constitution, 1787
The ratification debate : how important foreign policy?.