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The American Consul - A History of the United States Consular Service, 1776-1914 (Hardcover, New)
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The American Consul - A History of the United States Consular Service, 1776-1914 (Hardcover, New)
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This book is a history of the United States Consular Service, an
unheralded, but significant element in the promotion of American
commerce and influence abroad from the Revolution onward. A group
of relatively minor officials, appointed by the vagaries of
political patronage and virtually ignored by successive Secretaries
of State, American consuls were established in most major foreign
ports and trading centers early in the history of the Republic.
Consular officers were major players in America's overseas presence
because of their special responsibility for seamen and shipping.
They were the officials most concerned with the Barbary pirates and
worked with the United States Navy to remove them from the
Mediterranean. Until 1822 they were the only official
representative of the U.S. government in the emerging republics of
Latin America. American consuls in Britain helped prevent the
Confederates from assembling and supplying a fleet out of European
ports. The Spanish-American War was essentially a consular
war-fought in colonial territories where consuls supplied
intelligence and support for American miliary actions. The American
Consul is a long overdue history of the Consular Service. It
introduces, through brief histories, anecdotes, and vignettes, some
of the men sent abroad by an imperfect system to represent our
country. It is an evolving chronicle of their contributions to the
expansion of American influence from the start of the Revolutionary
War to the eve of the First World War, when American diplomats
assumed the predominant role in America's foreign relations. This
book is must reading for anyone interested in American diplomatic
history.
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