Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire

ISBN-13: 9780674416949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 344 str.

Eliga H. Gould

Opis

The Revolution s aspiration was summed up by the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations. According to Eliga Gould, America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become an Atlantic colonizing power itself.