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Entangling Alliances with None: American Foreign Policy in the Age of Jefferson
Contributor(s): Kaplan, Lawrence S. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0873383478     ISBN-13: 9780873383479
Publisher: Kent State University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 1987
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations - General
- History | United States - 19th Century
Dewey: 327.73
LCCN: 86027840
Physical Information: 248 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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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. Kaplan is critical of Jefferson and points clearly to the error of his belief that France could be a counterweight to British power. In the short run Hamilton appears more realistic, but in the long run Jefferson's vision for the country proved wiser and sounder.
 
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