The figure of John Adams looms large in American foreign relations
of the Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary years. James H. Hutson
captures this elusive personality of this remarkable figure,
highlighting the triumphs and the despairs that Adams experienced
as he sought -- at times, he felt, single-handedly -- to establish
the new Republic on a solid footing among the nations of the world.
Benjamin Franklin, thirty years Adams's senior and already a
world-respected figure, was his personal nemesis, seeming always to
dog his steps in his diplomatic missions. The diplomacy of the
American Revolution as exemplified by John Adams was not radically
revolutionary or peculiarly American. Whereas the prevailing
progressive interpretation of Revolutionary diplomacy sees it as
repudiating the standard European theories and practices, Hutson
finds that Adams adhered consistently to a policy that was in fact
basically European and conservative. Adams assumed -- as did his
contemporaries -- that power was aggressive and that it should be
contained in a balance, so his actions while in diplomatic service
were generally directed toward this goal. Adams's basic ideas
survived his turbulent diplomatic missions with undiminished
coherence. For him the value of the protective system of the
balance of power -- having been tested in the harsh theater of
European diplomacy -- was indisputable and could be applied to
domestic political arrangements as well as to international
relations.
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