Thomas Jefferson: Westward the Course of Empire

Lawrence S. Kaplan

doi:10.5771/9781461646181

Summary

This biography of one of America's greatest political figures focuses on Thomas Jefferson's role as a maker of foreign policy. Although he was not the sole formulator of American diplomacy, Jefferson's voice was the most pervasive in the first generation of the republic's history. This text explores how the concept of the United States' westward expansion worked as the moving force in forming Jefferson's judgments and actions in foreign relations. Although much has been written about Jefferson, this volume is one of the few that explores the full range of his positions on foreign relations. Readable and authoritative, Thomas Jefferson: Westward the Course of Empire offers new insight into the man who shaped American foreign policy.

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Copyright Year: 1998
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8420-2629-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-4618-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 489
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
I: The Paradoxical Patriot No access Pages 1 - 8
II: The World Beckons No access Pages 9 - 16
III: "Seminary of Sedition" No access Pages 17 - 36
IV: Reverberations of a Soft Voice No access Pages 37 - 56
V: Fire on the Hill, Snow on the Mountain No access Pages 57 - 74
VI: Year of Decision No access Pages 75 - 92
VII: Self-Evident Truths in a Virginia Accent No access Pages 93 - 116
VIII: "With a Single Eye . . ." No access Pages 117 - 132
IX: Horseback Governor No access Pages 133 - 158
X: "Divine Discontent" No access Pages 159 - 180
XI: Retreat From the World No access Pages 181 - 188
XII: Return to the Fray No access Pages 189 - 206
XIII: Paris and Life No access Pages 207 - 234
XIV: Head, Heart, and Glands No access Pages 235 - 274
XV: Struggle of Titans No access Pages 275 - 344
XVI: "The Only Vice" No access Pages 345 - 394
XVII: "The Child is Father of The Man" No access Pages 395 - 422
Notes No access Pages 423 - 460
Select Critical Bibliography No access Pages 461 - 468
Index No access Pages 469 - 488
About The Author No access Pages 489 - 489