A diplomatic history of the American people

Factors, forces, and functions -- The colonial backdrop -- The diplomacy of the French alliance, 1775-1778 -- The diplomacy of peace with Britain, 1778-1783 -- Foreign affairs under the Articles of Confederation -- Embroilments with Britain, 1789-1795 -- Friction with France, 1789-1800 -- Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase, 1801-1803 -- Jefferson and neutral woes, 1803-1809 -- Blundering into war with Britain, 1809-1812 -- The Truce of Ghent and after, 1812-1818 -- Acquiring the Floridas, 1803-1821 -- America and the Monroe Doctrine, 1815-1825 -- The awkward age of diplomacy, 1825-1840 --Britain and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty -- The Oregon dispute and its settlement -- The annexation of Texas -- War and peace with Mexico -- The ferment of the fifties -- America and Cuba to 1860 -- The dawn of Asiatic interests -- The early crises of the Civil War -- The collapse of King Cotton diplomacy -- Napoleon III and Mexico -- The Caribbean and Alaska, 1865-1867 -- Great Britain and the Grant era, 1865-1877 -- Diplomacy a football of politics, 1877-1889 -- Blaine and spirited diplomacy, 1889-1893 -- Samoa and Hawaii : an imperialistic preview -- Anglo-American tensions and the Venezuela crisis --