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Entangling alliances with none : American foreign policy in the age of Jefferson / Lawrence S. Kaplan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaplan, Lawrence S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Views on international relations.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- International relations--United States.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--1783-1815.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c1987.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written over a thirty-year period, the essays included in this volume develop one central theme: the completion of American isolationism in the formative years of the nation. Isolationism, in Kaplan's view, is not to be taken as economic or cultural independence but as abstention from political or military obligations to Europe, from alliances or from purposeful entanglement in the European balance of power.This study focuses on the assertion that Thomas Jefferson was central to the making of American foreign policy from the Revolution to 1803. But Kaplan's view is not always supportive of Jefferson. In fact, Kaplan believes the collection has a "Hamiltonian flavor," although he does not necessarily consider himself a Hamiltonian either.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: Jeffersonian Background""; ""1. Thomas Jefferson: The Idealist as Realist""; ""2. Reflections on Jefferson as a Francophile""; ""3. The Founding Fathers and the Two Confederations: The United States of America and the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 1783-1789""; ""Part Two: Federalist Foundations""; ""4. The Neocolonial Impulse: The United States and Great Britain, 1783-1823""; ""5. The Consensus of 1789: Jefferson and Hamilton on American Foreign Policy""
- ""13. Founding Fathers on the Founding Fathers: Reflections on Three Generations of American Diplomatic Historians""""14. Recent Historiographical Trends""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61277-771-6
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