A Diplomatic History of the American RevolutionYale University Press, 1987 M07 1 - 229 pages This introduction to the diplomacy of the American Revolution presents a fresh, realistic, and balanced portrait of revolutionary diplomats and diplomacy. "The best single-volume introduction to the diplomacy of the American Revolution that we have." --H.M. Scott, University of St. Andrews, Scotland "This book certainly will become the new standard account of the subject....The book's many footnotes and its annotated bibliography provide a rich survey of research in the field. Specialists as well as students should profit from this work. Highly recommended for public and university libraries."--Library Journal "The book appears to be designed for use by students but most historians will find it thought-provoking."--Journal of the Early Republic "This will become the successor to Bemis's The Diplomacy of the American Revolution for at least as many years as that work has been the standard. Dull's writing is clear and often elegant, the positions are convincing, and the footnotes and bibliography are an important contribution in themselves."--Lawrence Kaplan, Kent State University |
Contents
The Prehistory of American Diplomacy | 3 |
The European Balance of Power 17631775 | 19 |
The Failure of British Diplomacy after | 26 |
French Foreign Policy during the Reign of Louis XV | 33 |
88 | 43 |
The Development of American Diplomacy | 53 |
France Offers Secret | 65 |
Americas First Diplomatic Mission | 75 |
658 | 110 |
British Wartime Diplomacy | 121 |
Russian Diplomacy during the American Revolution | 128 |
The Opening of Negotiations | 141 |
The European Settlement | 152 |
The Final Treaties and Their Consequences | 159 |
The FrancoAmerican Treaty of Alliance | 165 |
Bibliography | 175 |
The Commissioners Discredited | 82 |
The Making of the Alliance | 89 |
The Outbreak of Hostilities | 97 |
Index | 182 |
Common terms and phrases
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