Empire of Liberty : the Statecraft of Thomas Jefferson
Empire of Liberty takes a new look at the public life, thought, and ambiguous legacy of one of America's most revered statesmen, offering new insight into the meaning of Jefferson in the American experience. This work examines Jefferson's legacy for American foreign policy in the light ofseveral critical themes which continue to be highly significant today: the struggle between isolationists and interventionists, the historic ambivalence over the nation's role as a crusader for liberty, and the relationship between democracy and peace. Written by two distinguished scholars, thisbook provides i
1 online resource (424 pages)
9780198022763, 019802276X
1048617663
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. An American Statesman
1. The Man and the Nation
2. Jefferson and the Diplomacy of the Old Regime
3. "Conquering Without War,"
Part II. The Development of Republican Statecraft (1783-1801)
4. Commerce, Manufactures, and the West
5. The Rival Systems of Hamilton and Jefferson
6. Neutrality and the Law of Nations
7. The Diplomacy of Federalism
8. Toward the Republican Triumph of 1800
Part III. The Diplomacy of Expansion (1801-5)
9. The Nature of Jefferson's Success. 10. The Significance of the Mississippi Valley
11. Napoleon's Colonial Design
12. War and Alliance in Republican Diplomacy
13. "Playing for Time"
14. The Gambit for West Florida
15. Lessons of the Louisiana Purchase
16. The Empire of Liberty: The Conflict between Means and Ends
Part IV. The Maritime Crisis (1805-9)
17. The Nature of Jefferson's Failure
18. Jefferson's Diplomatic Design
19. The Anglo-American Dispute: Neutral Rights and Impressment
20. The Abortive Peace Settlement
21. Jefferson and the Embargo
22. Neutral Rights versus the Balance of Power. 23. Embargo and War
Part V. The Jeffersonian Legacy
24. The Role of a Democratic Foreign Policy
25. The Isolationist Impulse
26. Jefferson and Liberty: Exemplar or Crusader?
Notes
Bibliography
Index