A Divergent Foreign Policy Alliance
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Entangling Alliances with None
Author | : Lawrence S. Kaplan |
Publisher | : Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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The essays included in this volume develop one central theme: the completion of American isolationism in the formative years of the nation. Isolationism in Kaplan's view is not to be taken as economic or cultural independence but as abstention from political or military obligations to Europe, from alliance or from purposeful entanglement in the European balance of power. This study focuses on the assertion that Thomas Jefferson was central to the making of American foreign policy from the Revolution to 1803. But Kaplan's view is not always supportive of Jefferson. In fact, Kaplan believes the collection has a "Hamiltonian flavor," although he does not necessarily consider himself a Hamiltonian either. Kaplan is critical of Jefferson and points clearly to the error his belief that France could be a counterweight to British power. In the short run, Hamilton appears more realistic, but in the long run Jefferson's vision for the country proved wiser and sounder. -- From publisher's description.
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