num_pages: 528
description: This is a unique study of the officer diplomats of the "Old Navy" that covers 500 cases over an 85-year period, ending with Commodore Robert W. Schufeldt and the negotiation of America's first treaty with Korea.
language: English
title: Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers, 1798-1883
publisher: Naval Institute Press