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Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I Kenneth J. Blume The Scarecrow Press HISTORICAL DICTIONARIES OF U.S. DIPLOMACY Edited by Jon Woronoff 1. US. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I, by Kenneth J. Blume. 2005. 2. United States-China Relation, by Robert Sutter, 2006. Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I Kenneth J. Blume Historical Dictionaries of US. Diplomacy, No. 1 The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Maryland Toronto Oxford 2005 SCARECROW PRESS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Scarecrow Press, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 ~~~.scarecrowpress.com PO Box 317 Oxford OX2 9RU, UK Copyright O 2005 by Kenneth J. Blume All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blume, Kenneth J., 1948- Historical dictionary of US. diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I / Kenneth J. Blume. -- p. cm. (Historical dictionaries of U.S. diplomacy ; no. 1) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8108-5377-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. United States--Foreign relations--1865-192 1- -Dictionaries. I. Title. 11. Series. Qmne paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO 239.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America. Contents Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff vii Acknowledgments ix Acronyms and Abbreviations xi Chronology xiii Introduction 1 The Dictionary Appendixes A U.S. Presidents, 1861-1914 B U.S. Secretaries of State, 1861-1914 C U.S. Secretaries of War, 1861-1914 D U.S. Secretaries of the Navy, 1861-1914 E U.S. Diplomatic Corps, 1861-1914 Bibliography About the Author Editor's Foreword This first volume in the new series of historical dictionaries of American diplomacy, as it happens, is actually the second in the assigned time sequence. It forms a link between the first, when the United States was still growing and much more concerned with domestic than foreign affairs, although never completely oblivious to the latter, and this book, which covers about half a century between the start of the Civil War and the start of the Great War, after which the United States rose to be the biggest and most influential player bar none. It is thus a transitional pe- riod, but one marked by significant events, among them wars and other conflicts, acquisitions of foreign territories (although not called colonies), and economic expansion as well. While the time may seem a bit remote-and almost sedate--compared to today's hectic pace, America was already becoming the police- man of the world, presenting itself as a model and decrying lesser nations, and also getting into a number of imbroglios that it might better have kept out of. So much for the conventional notion that this was a time of "isolation." While the primary task of this volume, and the others, is to provide a broad array of facts and figures and brief descriptions of the more significant persons, places, and events, among other things, it obviously goes much further. It gives us a feel for this vii viii EDITOR'S FOREWORD not really so remote time, when news was initially carried by steamer and then telegraph, and played up by the newspapers, rather than bounced around by the mass media and covered ad nauseam by 24-hour TV. Although the pace may be slower, the changes were momentous, and they are outlined in an insightful introduction and followed real time in the chronology. The dic- tionary provides much of the information readers will want, neatly broken down by discrete subjects often cross-referenced to one another. The appendixes are also helpful. Since no such reference work can go into enough detail for the serious reader, the broader literature is presented in an extensive bibliography. This Historical Dictionary of US. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I was written by a historian very familiar with the field. Dr. Kenneth J. Blume is professor of history at Albany College of Pharmacy, where he has been teaching for some 16 years. He has given courses and lectures on the broad range of American and Western history, but with some preference for diplomatic history and the period covered by this book. His re- search focuses on the navy, shipping, and U.S.-Caribbean rela- tions as do his publications. Aside from this, Dr. Blume was di- rector of the Writing Center, a useful attribute for someone who is producing a form of encyclopedia and wants it to be accessible to more than just other academics. So let us take advantage of this first easy-to-use volume while awaiting the others. Jon Woronoff Series Editor Acknowledgments This volume is both a personal and a cooperative undertaking. It is cooperative in that many individuals have assisted me as I wrote and prepared the manuscript. I owe heartfelt expressions of thanks to all the librarians at Albany College of Pharmacy's Lewis Library; and to the many student workers my department has employed over the past few years; and to Dorothy Cannon, my administrative assistant, who labored valiantly to get the manuscript into shape. Nevertheless, these good helpers are not to be held accountable for any of the volume's quirks or errors- which are solely my responsibility. I have drawn on several decades of reading, thinking, teaching, and writing about America's approach to the world from 1861 to 1914 and have attempted to keep in mind the range of readers who might wish to consult the pages that have resulted.

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Launching the new series of Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Diplomacy, this volume provides a convenient introduction to a critical period of American diplomacy. The half-century from 1861 to 1914 formed a crucial time in the development of the American approach to the world, for the United States l
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