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Explaining American Foreign Relations | |
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The Unique American Prism | |
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The Open Door Policy: Economic Expansion and the Remaking of Societies | |
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The Pursuit of Interests and a Balance of Power | |
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The Gendering of Peoples and Nations | |
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The Power of Race | |
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Culture, National Identity, and the Myth of America | |
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The Origins Of American Foreign Policy In The Revolutionary Era | |
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Governor John Winthrop Envisions a City Upon a Hill, 1630 | |
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Massachusetts Explains French Interest in American Independence and Cautions Against Alliance, 1775 | |
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The Patriot Thomas Paine Demands Severance from the British Empire, " 1776 | |
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The Declaration of Independence, 1776 | |
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Treaties with France Secure an Alliance, 1778 | |
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Treaty of Paris Secures American Independence, 1783 | |
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Federalist No. 4: There Is Strength in Union | |
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Foreign Policy Powers in the Constitution, 1789 | |
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The Treaty of Alliance With France and American Isolationism | |
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Revolutionary Internationalists Engage a Harsh World | |
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The Great Debate Of The 1790S | |
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Secretary of State | |
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Defends the Treaty with France, 1793 | |
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Secretary of the Treasury | |
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Urges Voiding the Treaty with France, 1793 | |
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Jay's Treaty, 1794 | |
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Virginia Senator | |
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Proposes Commercial Restrictions Against Britain, 1795 | |
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A Democratic-Republican Society Blasts Jay's Treaty, 1795 | |
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Hamilton Defends Jay's Treaty, 1795 | |
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President George Washington Cautions | |
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Against Factionalism and Permanent | |
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Alliances in His Farewell Address, 1796 | |
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Prudence and Logic: Hamilton and Jay's Treaty | |
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Hamilton, Jay, and the Federalists: Partisan Anglophiles | |
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The Louisiana Purchase | |
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Documents | |
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Haitian General Toussaint Louverture Accuses the Jefferson Administration of a Racial Slight, 1801 | |
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President Jefferson Assesses the French Threat in New Orleans, 1802 | |
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First Consul of France Napoleon Bonaparte Explains the Need to Sell Louisiana to the United States, 1803 | |
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American Minister to France | |
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Recounts the Paris Negotiations, 1803 | |
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Federalist Hamilton Debunks Jefferson's Diplomacy, 1803 | |
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Jefferson Instructs Captain Meriwether Lewis on Exploration, 1803 | |
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Essays | |
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Jefferson's Risky Diplomacy of Watching and Waiting | |
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Patience, Deft Diplomacy, and Continental Empire | |
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The War Of 1812 | |
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Documents | |
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Secretary of State Madison Protests British Impressment of Americans from the Chesapeake, 1807 | |
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The Embargo Act Forbids U.S. Exports, 1807 | |
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Massachusetts Federalist Josiah Quincy Denounces Calls for War, 1809 | |
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The Non-Intercourse Act Replaces the Embargo Act, 1809 | |
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Shawnee Chief Tecumseh Condemns U.S. Land Grabs and Plays the British Card, 1810 | |
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Kentucky Republican | |
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Articulates U.S. Grievances Against Britain, 1811 | |
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President Madison Urges Congress to Declare War on Great Britain, 1812 | |
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Former President Jefferson Predicts the Easy Conquest of Canada, 1812 | |
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Economic Coercion and the Conquest of Canada: Madison's Failed Diplomacy | |
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The Patriotic War | |
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The Monroe Doctrine | |
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Secretary of State | |
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Against the Search for "Monsters to Destroy," 1821 | |
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British Foreign Secretary | |
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Canning Proposes a Joint Declaration, 1823 | |
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Jefferson Advises President | |
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Cooperate with Britain, 1823 | |
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Adams Argues Against a Joint Anglo-American Declaration in Cabinet Meeting of November 7, 1823 | |
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The Monroe Doctrine Declares the Western Hemisphere Closed to European Intervention, 1823 | |
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Colombia Requests an Explanation of U.S. Intentions, 1824 | |
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Representative | |
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Plays the Race (and Cuban) Card, 1826 | |
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Argentina Warns | |
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Against the Threat | |
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"Monroism" to the Independence of Spanish America, n.d | |
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Essays | |
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In Defense of the Nation and Hemispheric Republicanism | |
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Piero Gleijeses? | |
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Expansionist Ambition, Not Republican Sympathies | |
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Domestic Politics and Personal Ambitions | |
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Westward Expansion And Indian Removal | |
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Representative Edward Everett Denounces Removal, 1830 | |
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The Indian Removal Act Authorizes Transfer of East Tribes to the West, 1830 | |
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The Cherokee Nation Protests the Removal Policy, 1830 | |
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President Andrew Jackson Defends Removal, 1830 | |
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Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia | |
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The Supreme Court Refuses Jurisdiction | |
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Over Indian Affairs, 1831 | |
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Cherokee Chief | |
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Denounces U.S. Removal Policy, 1836 | |
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Essays | |
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The Origins of Removal and the Fate of the Southeastern Indians | |
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Debating the Legality and Wisdom of Indian Removal | |
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Manifest Destiny, Texas, And The War With Mexico | |
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Battle Cry for Texan Independence, 1835 | |
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General Antonio L?pez de Santa Anna Defends Mexican Sovereignty over Texas, 1837 | |
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Democratic Publicist | |
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Proclaims America's Manifest Destiny, 1839 | |
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President | |
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Claim to Texas and Oregon, 1845 | |
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Polk Asks Congress to Declare War on Mexico, 1846 | |
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The Wilmot Proviso Raises the Issue of Slavery in the Newly Acquired Territories, 1846 | |
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Massachusetts | |
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Webster Protests the War with Mexico and the Admission of New States to the Union, 1848 | |
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Mexican Patriots Condemn U.S. Aggression, 1850 | |
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Essays | |
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The Ideology and Spirit of Manifest Destiny | |
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Empire By Design, Not Destiny | |
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Expansion To The Pacific And Asia | |
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Documents | |
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American Merchants in Canton Plead for Protection During the Opium Crisis, 1839. | |
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Representative Caleb Cushing: "God Forbid Cooperating with the British," 1840 | |
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A Chinese Official Recommends Pitting American Barbarians Against British Barbarians, 1841 | |
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Secretary of State Webster Instructs Caleb Cushing on Negotiating with China, 1843 | |
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Webster Warns European Powers Away from Hawai'i, 1851 | |
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Instructions to Commodore | |
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His Expedition to Japan, 1852 | |
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Ii Naosuke, Feudal Lord of Hikone, Advocates Accommodation with the United States, 1853 | |
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Tokugawa Nariaki, Feudal Lord of Mito, Argues Against Peace, 1853 | |
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Essays | |
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Trade, Anglo-American Rivalry, and the Origins of U.S. China Policy | |
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The Origins of the U.S.-Japanese Clash | |
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The Diplomacy Of The Civil War | |
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Documents | |
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South Carolina Senator James H. Hammond Thunders: "Cotton is King," 1858 | |
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Secretary of State | |
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Presents "Some Thoughts for the President's Consideration," 1861 | |
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President | |
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Proclaims a Blockade, 1861 | |
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Seward Warns the British, 1861 | |
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Senator | |
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Over the Trent Affair, 1862 | |
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Seward Warns Europe Against Intervention in Mexico, 1862 | |
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The Emancipation Proclamation, 1862-1863 | |
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Ambassador Charles Francis Adams Protests the Iron Clads, 1863 | |
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Essays | |
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British Realpolitik Trumps "King Cotton" | |
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British Intervention: A Very Close Call | |
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Becoming A World Power In The Late Nineteenth Century Documents | |
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Future Secretary of State | |
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Dreams of Hemispheric Empire, 1860 | |
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President | |
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Urges Annexation of the Dominican Republic, 1870 | |
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Congress Calls for a Pan American Conference, 1888 | |
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Captain Alfred T. Mahan Advocates a Naval Build-Up, 1890 | |
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Queen Liliuokalani Protests U.S. | |
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Intervention in Hawai'i, 1893, 1897 | |
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Secretary of State | |
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Trumpets U.S. Hegemony During the Venezuela Crisis, 1895 | |
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Beveridge Summons America to | |
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Its Imperial Mission, 1898 | |
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Essays | |
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Economic Primacy, Righteous Nationalism, and an Activist State | |
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The Civil War and the Creed of Progress | |
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State-Centered Realism: How a Weak U.S. Government Inhibited World Power | |
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The Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War | |
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Cuban Nationalist Jos? | |
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Mart? | |
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Cautions Against Annexation to the United States, 1895 | |
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Spanish Minister Enrique Dupuy de L?me | |
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Criticizes President William McKinley, 1897 | |
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Senator Redfield Proctor Condemns Spain's Reconcentrado Policy, 1898 | |
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"Peace - But Quit That": Uncle Sam Defends | |
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Cuba's Feminine Virtue, 1898 | |
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"Another Old Woman Tries to Sweep Back the Sea" | |
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Critics Lampoon McKinley as Indecisive and Unmanly, 1898 | |
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McKinley Asks Congress to Authorize War, 1898 | |
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The Teller Amendment Disavows the U.S. Annexation of Cuba, 1898 | |
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The Platt Amendment Restricts Cuba's Independence, 1903 | |
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Essays | |
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Preserving the American System | |
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Manhood, Chivalry, and McKinley's Reluctant Decision for War | |
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Derailing Cuban Nationalism and Asserting U.S. Hegemony | |
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Empire And Ambition In Asia: China And The Philippines | |
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Documents | |
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Emilio Aguinaldo Rallies the Philippine People to Arms, 1899 | |
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American Anti-Imperialist League Platform, 1899 | |
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President McKinley Preaches His Imperial Gospel, 1899 | |
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The Open Door Notes Call for Equal Trade | |
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Opportunity and Chinese Independence, 1899-1900 | |
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The Boxers Lash out at Christian Missionaries and Converts, 1900 | |
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Corporal | |
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Describes the "Water Cure," 1902 | |
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Major Cornelias Gardner Recalls the Horrors of War, 1902 | |
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Essays | |
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The Open Door Constituency's Pressure for U.S. Activism in China | |
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America's Race War in the Philippines | |
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The Policy of Attraction: Promoting Philippine Political, Economic, and Cultural Dependency | |
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Theodore Roosevelt, the Big Stick, and U.S. Hegemony in the Caribbean | |
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Documents | |
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New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt | |
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Preaches the Manly Virtues of Overseas Expansion, 1899 | |
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Argentine Foreign Minister | |
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Condemns the Collection of Debts by Force, 1902 | |
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The Panama Canal Treaty Grants the United States a Zone of Occupation, 1903 | |
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President | |
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Enumerates Colombia's Grievances | |
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Against the United States, 1904 | |
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The Roosevelt Corollary Asserts U.S. Police Power | |
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Over the Western Hemisphere, 1904 | |
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Rub?n Dario's "To Roosevelt," 1905 | |
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Essays | |
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Bravado and Bluster: TR's Sphere of Influence in the Caribbean | |
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TR's Civilizing Mission: Race, Gender, and Dollar Diplomacy | |
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TR 's Measured Response to Political Instability and European Encroachment | |
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The First World War, And The League Fight | |
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Documents | |
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The First Lusitania Note Requests Germany to Halt Submarine Warfare, 1915 | |
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President Woodrow Wilson Asks | |
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Congress to Declare War Against Germany, 1917 | |
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Follette Voices His Dissent, 1917 | |
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Proclaims U.S. War Aims: The Fourteen Points, 1918 | |
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Articles 10 through 16 of the League of Nations Covenant, 1919 | |
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Defends the Peace Treaty and League, 1919 | |
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Cabot Lodge Proposes | |
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Reservations to the League Covenant, 1919 | |
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Recalls the Shandong Question and China's May Fourth Movement, 1927 | |
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Essays | |
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From Peace to War: Progressive Internationalists Confront the Forces of Reaction | |
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A Passionate Visionary Stumbles Into War | |
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Wilsonianism and Anticolonial Nationalism: A Dream Deferred | |