Notable U.S. Ambassadors Since 1775: A Biographical Dictionary

by Cathal J. Nolan

Overview

This book spans more than 200 years of U.S. diplomatic history. Its geographical scope widens along with the expanding interests of America itself, from initial exclusive concern with the empires of Europe, to the emerging nations of Latin America, to the commercial opportunities and geopolitical concerns of Asia and Africa. The ambassadors chosen for inclusion reflect these historical changes in American foreign relations. Organized alphabetically, the biographies present an implicit account of the evolution of the U.S. diplomatic service, from its founding and early principles through the 20th century evolution of its habits and culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313291951
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/28/1997
Series:	Contributions to the Study of Music
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	1390L (what's this?)

About the Author

CATHAL J. NOLAN is Associate Professor of History and Executive Director of the International History Institute at Boston University. His numberous books include the award-winning, four-volume Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations (Greenwood, 2002), Power and Responsibility in World Affairs (Praeger, 2004), Ethics and Statecraft (Praeger, 2004), Principled Diplomacy: Security and Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy (Greenwood, 1993), Shepherd of Democracy? America and Germany in the 20th Century (Greenwood, 1992), and the award-winning Notable U.S. Ambassadors Since 1775 (Greenwood, 1997). He also edits the Praeger series Humanistic Perspectives on International Relations, and co-edits the Praeger series International History.

Table of Contents

Preface
Madeleine K. Albright
John Allison
George Bancroft
Charles Eustis Bohlen
Chester Bowles
William Christian Bullitt
Ralph J. Bunche
Ellsworth Bunker
James Bryant Conant
Francis Dana
Auguste Davezac
John William Davis
William E. Dodd
Edward R. Dudley
Hermann Frederick Eilts
Alexander Hill Everett
Benjamin Franklin
John Kenneth Galbraith
Marshall Green
Joseph Clark Grew
Raymond Arthur Hare
William Averell Harriman
Townsend Harris
Loy Wesley Henderson
Martin Joseph Hillenbrand
Stanley Kuhl Hornbeck
Edward Mandell House
Christopher Hughes
John Jay
Thomas Jefferson
Philip Caryl Jessup
Nelson Trusler Johnson
Robert Fracis Kelley
George Frost Kennan
Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick
Sol M. Linowitz
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Lincoln MacVeagh
John Jay McCloy
George Crews McGhee
Edwin Morgan
Richard William Murphy
Walter Hines Page
Thomas R. Pickering
Whitelaw Reid
Paul Samuel Reinsch
William Everett Schaufele, Jr.
William Joseph Sebald
Hugh Hayne Smythe and Mabel Murphy Smythe
Laurence Adolphe Steinhardt
Adlai E. Stevenson
William Healy Sullivan
Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr.
Terence A. Todman
Vernon Walters
Andrew Dickson White
Clifton Reginald Wharton
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.
Selected Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

In alphabetical order, articles of five to ten pages profile a selection of early ambassadors who established the institutions and culture of US diplomacy, and later ones whose careers reflect the widening interests of the US government from Europe to Latin America and finally to Asia and Africa in the 20th century. Among the better known are Madeleine Albright, Ben Franklin, John Kenneth Galbraith, Henry Cabot Lodge, Adlai Stevenson, Andrew White, and Andrew Jackson. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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