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基本説明
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2000.
Full Description
This reference history describes and analyzes the State Department and Foreign Service of the United States. It also outlines the history of three major State Department functions, namely, the treatymaking process and record, representation in international conferences, and participation in international organizations and other agencies. The volume covers more than two centuries—from the genesis of American diplomacy to the 1990s. Unlike other works, this volume deals with such matters as departmental organization and management; personnel and staffing; administrative practices, reform, and reorganization; and the Department's operations, functions, principal and other officers, and problems.
The volume consists of eight chapters, extensively footnoted, each of which focuses on successive periods grouped in four major historical eras. Tables are designed to serve as further reference for long-range historical analysis and exploration. The book is supplemented with three appendixes and a comprehensive bibliography. A complete and up-to-date major reference, this will be an asset to the reference collections of both academic and public libraries.
Contents
Foreword
Glossary of Diplomatic Terms
Glossary of Symbols and Acronyms
Part I: To 1801
Origins of American Diplomacy--Prelude
Federalist Period--Creating the State Department and Diplomatic Corps, 1789-1801
Part II: 1801-1861
Post-Federalist Period--Germination and Crystallization, 1801-1829
Transition Period--Extension and Stabilization, 1829-1861
Part III: 1861-1945
The Road to Becoming a Great World Power-- Amplification, Innovation, and Renovation, 1861-1913
United States Becomes a Superpower--Expansion, Reorganization, and Career Consolidation, 1914-1945
Part IV: 1945-, and the Future
United States as a Superpower--The Contemporary Era Since 1945
The Future
Appendix I: Principal Statutes and Executive Orders Concerning the Department of State and the Foreign Service
Appendix II: United States Law on the Conduct of American Foreign Relations
Appendix III: United States Territorial Expansion
Bibliography
Index