Nation builder : John Quincy Adams and the grand strategy of the republic /
Edel, Charles N., 1979-
Nation builder : John Quincy Adams and the grand strategy of the republic / John Quincy Adams and the grand strategy of the republic Charles N. Edel. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (392 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Includes bibliographies and index.
The fires of honorable ambition: the education of John Quincy Adams -- Clans and tribes at eternal war: European diplomacy and American politics -- In search of monsters to destroy: the extent and limits of American power -- The spirit of improvement: economic and moral development -- A stain upon the character of the nation: the fight against slavery -- The influence of our example: the legacy of John Quincy Adams.
America's rise from revolutionary colonies to a world power is often treated as inevitable. But Charles N. Edel's provocative biography of John Q. Adams argues that he served as the central architect of a grand strategy whose ideas and policies made him a critical link between the founding generation and the Civil War-era nation of Lincoln.
9780674735637
2014011672
Electronic Books.
E377 / .N385 2014
Nation builder : John Quincy Adams and the grand strategy of the republic / John Quincy Adams and the grand strategy of the republic Charles N. Edel. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (392 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Includes bibliographies and index.
The fires of honorable ambition: the education of John Quincy Adams -- Clans and tribes at eternal war: European diplomacy and American politics -- In search of monsters to destroy: the extent and limits of American power -- The spirit of improvement: economic and moral development -- A stain upon the character of the nation: the fight against slavery -- The influence of our example: the legacy of John Quincy Adams.
America's rise from revolutionary colonies to a world power is often treated as inevitable. But Charles N. Edel's provocative biography of John Q. Adams argues that he served as the central architect of a grand strategy whose ideas and policies made him a critical link between the founding generation and the Civil War-era nation of Lincoln.
9780674735637
2014011672
Electronic Books.
E377 / .N385 2014