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100 1 $aKochin, Michael Shalom,$d1970-$eauthor.
245 13 $aAn independent empire :$bdiplomacy and war in the making of the United States /$cMichael S. Kochin and Michael Taylor.
264 1 $aAnn Arbor :$bUniversity of Michigan Press,$c2020.
264 4 $c©2020
300 $a309 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
520 $a"Foreign policies and diplomatic missions, combined with military action, were the driving forces behind the growth of the early United States. In an era when the Old and New Worlds were subject to British, French, and Spanish imperial ambitions, the new republic had limited diplomatic presence and minimal public credit. It was vulnerable to hostile forces in every direction. The United States could not have survived, grown, or flourished without the adoption of prescient foreign policies, or without skillful diplomatic operations. An Independent Empire shows how foreign policy and diplomacy constitute a truly national story, necessary for understanding the history of the United States. In this lively and well-written book, episodes in American history-such as the writing and ratification of the Constitution, Henry Clay's advocacy of an American System, Pinckney's Treaty with Spain, and the visionary but absurd Congress of Panama-are recast as elemental aspects of United States foreign and security policy. An Independent Empire tells the stories of the people who defined the early history of America's international relationships. Throughout the book are brief, entertaining vignettes of often-overlooked intellectuals, spies, diplomats, and statesmen whose actions and decisions shaped the first fifty years of the United States. More than a dozen bespoke maps illustrate that the growth of the early United States was as much a geographical as a political or military phenomenon"--$cProvided by publisher.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1775-1783.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1783-1865.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783.
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700 1 $aTaylor, Michael$q(Michael Hugh),$d1988-$eauthor.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aKochin, Michael Shalom, 1970-$tIndependent empire$dAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020$z9780472126484$w(DLC) 2019044480
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