Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers, 1798-1883 - Hardcover

Long, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870212281 ISBN 13: 9780870212284

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1988

Synopsis

This is a unique study of the officer diplomats of the "Old Navy" that covers 500 cases over an 85-year period, ending with Commodore Robert W. Schufeldt and the negotiation of America's first treaty with Korea.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Long (history, University of New Hampshire), author of several works on both naval and foreign affairs, here shows the link between the two areas in early U.S. history. He chronicles dozens of cases of navy officers unilaterally making foreign policy decisions and treaties and involving themselves in incidents of major importance. He correctly sees the end of this independence among line officers as coming with the rise of modern communications (telegraph) and the consequent exertion of control by Washingtona restraint the navy still complains about. The account is fascinating and enlivened by historical anecdotes, making it of interest to more than the specialist. Jerry Sandvick, North Hennepin Community Coll., Minneapolis
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0870212281
• ISBN 13: 9780870212284
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528