Empire of Liberty The Statecraft of Thomas Jefferson

by Tucker, Robert W.; Hendrickson, David C.

• ISBN13: 9780195074833
• ISBN10: 0195074831
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-04-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Empire of Liberty takes a new look at the public life, thought, and ambiguous legacy of one of America's most revered statesmen, offering new insight into the meaning of Jefferson in the American experience. This work examines Jefferson's legacy for American foreign policy in the light of several critical themes which continue to be highly significant today: the struggle between isolationists and interventionists, the historic ambivalence over the nation's role as a crusader for liberty, and the relationship between democracy and peace. Written by two distinguished scholars, this book provides invaluable insight into the classic ideas of American diplomacy.

Author Biography

Robert Tucker is Professor of American Diplomacy at the School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He has written widely on American foreign policy, nuclear weapons, and international law and ethics. David Hendrickson is Associate Professor of Political Science at Colorado College, and is the author of two books on American defense policy. Their previous book together, The Fall of the First British Empire: Origins of the War of American Independence, appeared in 1982.

Table of Contents

An American Statesman
The Man and the Nation	p. 3
Jefferson and the Diplomacy of the Old Regime	p. 11
"Conquering Without War,"	p. 18
The Development of Republican Statecraft (1783-1801)
Commerce, Manufactures, and the West	p. 25
The Rival Systems of Hamilton and Jefferson	p. 33
Neutrality and the Law of Nations	p. 48
The Diplomacy of Federalism	p. 64
Toward the Republican Triumph of 1800	p. 74
The Diplomacy of Expansion (1801-5)
The Nature of Jefferson's Success	p. 87
The Significance of the Mississippi Valley	p. 95
Napoleon's Colonial Design	p. 101
War and Alliance in Republican Diplomacy	p. 108
"Playing for Time,"	p. 125
The Gambit for West Florida	p. 137
Lessons of the Louisiana Purchase	p. 145
The Empire of Liberty: The Conflict between Means and Ends	p. 157
The Maritime Crisis (1805-9)
The Nature of Jefferson's Failure	p. 175
Jefferson's Diplomatic Design	p. 180
The Anglo-American Dispute: Neutral Rights and Impressment	p. 189
The Abortive Peace Settlement	p. 198
Jefferson and the Embargo	p. 204
Neutral Rights versus the Balance of Power	p. 214
Embargo and War	p. 222
The Jeffersonian Legacy
The Role of a Democratic Foreign Policy	p. 231
The Isolationist Impulse	p. 239
Jefferson and Liberty: Exemplar or Crusader?	p. 249
Notes	p. 257
Bibliography	p. 337
Index	p. 349
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