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Abstract
Klappentext: "America's Road to Empire surveys and analyses United States foreign relations from the country's independence in 1776 until its entry into World War One in 1917, using primary source materials and case studies. The book covers key themes including: - the role that notions of "white superiority" played in US foreign policy - the search for absolute security that repeatedly led the United States to trample on the liberties of other countries; - and the idea of American 'exceptionalism' - the clash between the idealism of US rhetoric and its actions - which has led to a persistent failure to understand how "European" U.S. policy actually was. Whilst providing analytical overview, Piero Gleijeses also uses case studies which examine overlooked aspects of U.S. foreign policy, particularly concerning marginalized populations. He draws on archival U.S. and European primary sources and incorporates the latest research from the US, British, French and Spanish archives, as well as newspapers from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, and Mexico. A highly original account of the United States' rise to power drawing on multilingual scholarship, this is an important book for all students and scholars of United States foreign relations up to the First World War"--
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- SERIES EDITOR PREFACE -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- MAPS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PROLOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 INDEPENDENCE -- Quebec -- The gathering storm -- The diplomacy of "a new age"? -- Louis XVI's choice -- The Franco-American alliance -- The poverty of the American war effort -- The French role -- Peace -- The United States under the Articles of Confederation -- "The First of Men" -- CHAPTER 2 THE FEDERALIST ERA -- The world of Thomas Jefferson -- Washington's first term -- War in the Ohio Valley -- Washington's second term -- Punishing Britain? -- The Jay Treaty -- Fallen timbers -- The debate on the Jay Treaty -- The US House of Representatives and the Jay Treaty -- Choosing Washington's successor -- The presidency of John Adams -- The Quasi War -- CHAPTER 3 THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE -- "To the Shores of Tripoli" -- Louisiana -- Napoleon's dream -- The Haitian Revolution -- Jefferson and Haiti -- Jefferson's response -- Jefferson's "cannibals" -- Britain -- The decision to sell -- Why Napoleon sold Louisiana -- An empire of liberty -- Looking back -- CHAPTER 4 JEFFERSON'S SECOND TERM -- The Floridas -- Words . . . and deeds -- The maritime quarrel -- The Chesapeake affair -- The embargo -- Assessing Jefferson -- CHAPTER 5 THE WAR OF 1812 -- Canada -- War on the Canadian frontier -- War on the Chesapeake -- African Americans and the war -- The Battle of New Orleans -- The Peace Treaty -- The war: a balance sheet -- The legacy of the war -- Spanish Florida -- The first three decades -- CHAPTER 6 THE LIMITS OF SYMPATHY: THE UNITED STATES AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF SPANISH AMERICA -- "You are the greatest benefactor on the earth" -- The United States, Britain, and Spanish America -- The Monroe Doctrine -- Cuba -- The Panama Congress -- A reckoning.
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"America's Road to Empire surveys and analyses United States foreign relations from the country's independence in 1776 until its entry into World War One in 1917, using primary source materials and case studies. The book covers key themes including: - the role that notions of "white superiority" played in US foreign policy - the search for absolute security that repeatedly led the United States to trample on the liberties of other countries; - and the idea of American 'exceptionalism' - the clash between the idealism of US rhetoric and its actions - which has led to a persistent failure to understand how "European" U.S. policy actually was. Whilst providing analytical overview, Piero Gleijeses also uses case studies which examine overlooked aspects of U.S. foreign policy, particularly concerning marginalized populations. He draws on archival U.S. and European primary sources and incorporates the latest research from the US, British, French and Spanish archives, as well as newspapers from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, and Mexico. A highly original account of the United States' rise to power drawing on multilingual scholarship, this is an important book for all students and scholars of United States foreign relations up to the First World War"--
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