Foreign affairs and the founding fathers
Subtitle: from confederation to constitution, 1776-1787
By: Norman A. Graebner, Richard Dean Burns, and Joseph M. Siracusa
Contributors: Burns, Richard Dean; Siracusa, Joseph M.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780313398261; 9780313398278
Subjects: Constitutional history; Philosophy; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The challenge of external relations; title: America enters the international community; title: The challenge of independence; title: American diplomats engage Britain and France; title: American diplomats engage the Barbary pirates and Spain; title: The crisis of 1786 : call for constitutional revision; title: External relations and the constitution, 1787; title: The ratification debate : how important foreign policy?