From the Old Diplomacy to the New 1865 - 1900

Name: From the Old Diplomacy to the New 1865 - 1900
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ISBN: 9780882958330

ISBN-10: 088295833X

ISBN-13: 9780882958330

Edition: 2nd 1986

Authors: Robert L. Beisner, Abraham S. Eisenstadt, John H. Franklin

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Historians have long argued about the nature of the changes that occurred in American foreign policy at the turn of the century, and whether those changes represented an abrupt break from the past or the culmination of long-term trends. Beisner addresses these issues by recasting the questions involved, and synthesizes the most useful contributions of both traditional and revisionist historians. From the Old Diplomacy to the New reinterprets the entire period as one in which American foreign policy underwent a fundamental paradigm shift that affected the goals and methods of diplomacy. A commitment to systematic policy and a determination to promote American interests in a dangerous world…

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List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/15/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 195
Size: 5.41" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction



Underlying Themes and Issues


Circumstantial Givens


American Beliefs and Traditions


Conflicting Interpretations



Old Paradigm Policy, 1865-1889


Paradigms and Diplomacy


The Alabama claims and Mexico


Seward, Grant, and Blaine


A Navy Fit Enough


Day-to-Day Diplomatic Preoccupations



From the Old to the New Foreign Policy paradigm


Sudden Blows to the Old Paradigm


The Impact of Cumulative Change


The New Paradigm



Early years of the New Era, 1889-1897


Benjamin Harrison


Grover Cleveland



War, Policy, and Imperialism at the End of the Century, 1897-1900


War and Empire


The Open Door Policy


Harbingers


Bibliographical Essay


Subject Index


Author Index