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The Jeffersonian vision, 1801-1815 : the art of American power during the early republic
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The creation of American diplomacy and power as a distinct art
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- Creator
- William Nester
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Washington, District of Columbia : Potomac Books, [2013]
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781597978958, 9781597976763, 1597978957, 1597976768
- OCLC
- ocn795759565, ocn827208335, ocn967588765, ocn895753300
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.
- English
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Inauguration; PART 1: JEFFERSON, 1801-1805; 1 The Revolution of 1801; 2 The Battle for the Courts; 3 Thomas Jefferson and American Power; 4 The Louisiana Dilemma; 5 Squaring Off with Spain; 6 The Louisiana Purchase; 7 Where to Draw the Line?; 8 Rising Tensions with Britain; 9 To the Shores of Tripoli; 10 To the Ends of the Earth; PART 2: JEFFERSON, 1805-1809; 11 Faltering Steps; 12 The Fate of West Florida; 13 The Burr Conspiracy; 14 The Chesapeake Atrocity; 15 Within the Turtle Shell; 16 Abolishing the Slave Trade
- 17 Across the Wide Missouri18 Passing the Torch; PART 3: MADISON, 1809-1813; 19 James Madison and American Power; 20 From Embargo to Non-Intercourse; 21 Florida Coups and Intrigues; 22 The Struggle for the Northwest Frontier; 23 Down the Slippery Slope; 24 Into the Abyss; 25 Second Thoughts?; 26 Mustering the Nation; 27 The Great Lakes Front; 28 The War at Sea; 29 Staying the Course; 30 Paying the Piper; 31 Truth and Consequences; PART 4: MADISON, 1813-1815; 32 The Politics of War; 33 The Lake Ontario Deadlock; 34 "We Have Met the Enemy and They Are Ours!"; 35 The Red Stick War
- 36 "Don't Give Up the Ship!"37 Groping for a Way Out; 38 Politics as Usual; 39 First the Good News; 40 The Rock of Sisyphus; 41 Moral and Diplomatic Dilemmas; 42 Indian Summer Campaigns; 43 Is Washington Burning?; 44 Conformists and Dissidents; 45 The Treaty of Ghent; 46 The Battle of New Orleans; 47 A Distant Mirror?; The Art of American Power in the Early Republic; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author
Subjects
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1801-1809.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1809-1817.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1801-1815.
- United States -- History -- War of 1812.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views.
- Madison, James, 1751-1836 -- Political and social views.