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U.S. Department of State: A Reference History

by Elmer Plischke. 763 pgs.

Contributors:

   Elmer Plischke

Publisher:

   Greenwood Press

Place of Publication:

  Westport, CT  

Publication Year:

  1999

Subjects:

United States--Dept. Of State--History

	Contents
	Illustrations	xi
	Preface	xv
	Glossary of Diplomatic Terms	xvii
	Glossary of Symbols and Acronyms	xxxi
	Part I: To 1801
1.	Origins of American Diplomacy -- Prelude	3
	Early Developments	3
	Union and Independence	7
	Foreign Relations of the American Confederation, 1774-1789	9
	Conclusion	27
2.	Federalist Period -- Creating the Department of State and Diplomatic Corps, 1789-1801	35
	Establishment of the Department of State	37
	Organization and Management	41
	Diplomatic and Consular Representation	46
	Treaty Making	51
	Conclusion -- Status at End of Federalist Period	54
	Part II: 1801-1861
3.	Post-Federalist Period -- Germination and Crystallization, 1801-1829	69
	Organization and Management	70
	Diplomatic and Consular Representation	80
	Treaty Making	90
	Conclusion	100
4.	Transition Period -- Extension and Stabilization, 1829-1861	111
	Organization and Management	111
	Staffing and Reorganizing the Department	119
	Home of the Department	130
	Extraneous and Domestic Departmental Functions -- Allocation and Transfer	130
	Diplomatic and Consular Representation	140
	Treaty Making	155
	Conclusion	163
	Part III: 1861-1945
5.	The Road to Becoming a Great World Power -- Amplification, Innovation, and Renovation, 1861-1913	187
	Presidents, Their Secretaries, and Senior Departmental Staff	189
	Composition, Reorganization, and Management	199
	Diplomatic and Consular Representation	210
	Treaty Making	234
	International Conferences and Organizations	250
	Conclusion	253
6.	United States Becomes a Superpower -- Expansion, Reorganization, and Career Consolidation, 1914-1945	271
	Presidents and their Secretaries of State	273
	Management, Reorganization, and Modernization	286
	Diplomatic and Consular Representation	311
	Treaty and Agreement Making	342
	International Conferences and Meetings	360
	International Organizations and Other Agencies	368
	Publications of the Department of State	370
	Conclusion	370
	Part IV: 1945- , and the Future
7.	United States as a Superpower -- The Contemporary Era Since 1945	393
	The New Diplomacy	396
	Summit and Ministerial Diplomacy	402
	Presidents and Their Secretaries of State	419
	Department of State Management	436
	Diplomatic and Consular Representation	479
	Treaty Making	527
	International Conferences and Meetings	566
	Public International Organizations and Other Agencies	592
	Documents and Publications of the Department of State	609
8.	The Future	655
	Domestic and International Environments	657
	The Department of State	658
	The Foreign Service	663
	Contemporary and Future Diplomacy	668
	Recognition and Awards	669
	Future Development and Problems	670
	"What Is Past Is Prologue" -- Assessments	671
	Appendix I: Principal Statutes and Executive Orders concerning the Department of State and the Foreign Service	685
	Appendix II: U.S. Law on the Conduct of American Foreign Relations	693
	Appendix III: U.S. Territorial Expansion	699
	Bibliography	701
	Index	735

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