Papers of John Adams: January-September 1781 - Couverture rigide

Adams, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674011368 ISBN 13 : 9780674011366

Editeur : The Belknap Press, 2003

Synopsis

In mid-March 1781, John Adams received his commission and instructions as minister to the Netherlands and embarked on the boldest initiative of his diplomatic career. Disappointed by the lack of interest shown by Dutch investors in his efforts to raise a loan for the United States, Adams changed his tactics, and in a memorial made a forthright appeal to the States General of the Netherlands for immediate recognition of the United States. Published in Dutch, English, and French, it offered all of Europe a radical vision of the ordinary citizen's role in determining political events. In this volume, for the first time, the circumstances and reasoning behind Adams's bold moves in the spring of 1781 are presented in full.

In July the French court summoned Adams, the only American in Europe empowered to negotiate an Anglo-American peace, to Paris for consultations regarding an offer made by Austria and Russia to mediate the Anglo-French war. In his correspondence with France's foreign minister, the Comte de Vergennes, Adams passionately insisted that the United States was fully and unambiguously independent and sovereign and must be recognized as such by Great Britain before any negotiations took place. This volume shows John Adams to be a determined and resourceful diplomat, unafraid to go beyond the bounds of traditional diplomacy to implement his vision of American foreign policy.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Gregg L. Lint is Series Editor for the Papers of John Adams of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

C. James Taylor is former Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Belknap Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674011368
• ISBN 13: 9780674011366
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 568
• Éditeur: Lint Gregg L., Ryerson Richard Alan, Cecere Anne Decker, Shea Jennifer, Taylor C. James, Walker Celeste
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