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Joel Barlow, American diplomat and nation builder /
The fascinating biography of one of America's most colorful diplomats.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Potomac Books,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Seeking fame, but without fortune
- Selling western lands to French emigrés
- Joining the French Revolution
- Waiting for a diplomatic opening to Algeria
- Setting out to complete the Donaldson Treaty
- Saving the treaty, freeing the captives
- Waiting out treaties with Tunis and Tripoli
- Critiquing U.S. policy toward France
- Keeping busy in Paris, riding out the political storm at home
- Home at last: touting a "national institution" of learning
- Nurturing nephews, defending a president
- Watching the worsening relations with Britain and France
- Beginning the French mission-with lively exchanges
- Outlining a treaty, waiting for a response
- Sorting out the issues in Franco-American co-belligerency
- Brain-storming a solution to the indemnities issue
- Failed mission, fallen diplomat
- Having served his country, not always well, but faithfully.