num_pages: 153
description: The diplomatic goals of the United States in its first thirty years were to achieve political independence, security, and commercial and territorial expansion. Professor Horsman's adept narrative describes how these goals were initially threatened by the failure of the Articles of Confederation and later by conflicting notions of how to promote national security. An important element in this story was the republic's difficulties with France and England, and the author details the vicissitudes of these relations as well as America's eventual confrontation with Britain in the War of 1812. Despite many setbacks, Horsman contends that by 1815 the nation had achieved its goals and had set the stage for decades of national expansion.
language: English
title: The Diplomacy of the New Republic, 1776-1815
titlecomplete: The Diplomacy of the New Republic, 1776-1815 (American History Series)
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Harlan Davidson