Howard Jones is Research Professor of History at the University of Alabama. A recipient of both the John F. Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award for teaching and research and the Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award, he teaches courses in American foreign relations and the U.S.-Vietnam War.

• Chapter 1: The Revolutionary Beginnings of American Foreign Policy, 1775–1789Chapter 2: The Federalist Era and the Wars of the French Revolution, 1789–1801Chapter 3: Jeffersonian Diplomacy, 1801–1809Chapter 4: The War of 1812 and the Completion of American Independence, 1809–1817Chapter 5: The Diplomacy of Hemispheric Order, 1817–1825Chapter 6: To the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1825–1842Chapter 7: Destiny and Annexation: Oregon, Texas, and the Mexican War, 1842–1848Chapter 8: Between the Wars, 1848–1861: Young America and the Paradox of Slavery and FreedomChapter 9: The Civil War, 1861–1865Chapter 10: Prelude to American Imperialism, 1865–1897Chapter 11: U.S. Imperialism and the New Manifest Destiny, 1897–1900Chapter 12: Theodore Roosevelt and the Search for World Order, 1900–1913

Howard Jones has written a definitive history of American foreign relations before 1913. He reminds us once again that U.S. foreign policy did not begin in 1898 as he develops a narrative that is detailed but never boring. Those often forgotten years come alive as he moves from the uncertain nation of 1783 to the powerful one of 1913.

Howard Jones is Research Professor of History at the University of Alabama. A recipient of both the John F. Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award for teaching and research and the Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award, he teaches courses in American foreign relations and the U.S.-Vietnam War.

• Chapter 1: The Revolutionary Beginnings of American Foreign Policy, 1775–1789Chapter 2: The Federalist Era and the Wars of the French Revolution, 1789–1801Chapter 3: Jeffersonian Diplomacy, 1801–1809Chapter 4: The War of 1812 and the Completion of American Independence, 1809–1817Chapter 5: The Diplomacy of Hemispheric Order, 1817–1825Chapter 6: To the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1825–1842Chapter 7: Destiny and Annexation: Oregon, Texas, and the Mexican War, 1842–1848Chapter 8: Between the Wars, 1848–1861: Young America and the Paradox of Slavery and FreedomChapter 9: The Civil War, 1861–1865Chapter 10: Prelude to American Imperialism, 1865–1897Chapter 11: U.S. Imperialism and the New Manifest Destiny, 1897–1900Chapter 12: Theodore Roosevelt and the Search for World Order, 1900–1913

Howard Jones has written a definitive history of American foreign relations before 1913. He reminds us once again that U.S. foreign policy did not begin in 1898 as he develops a narrative that is detailed but never boring. Those often forgotten years come alive as he moves from the uncertain nation of 1783 to the powerful one of 1913.

Howard Jones is Research Professor of History at the University of Alabama. A recipient of both the John F. Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award for teaching and research and the Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award, he teaches courses in American foreign relations and the U.S.-Vietnam War.

• Chapter 1: The Revolutionary Beginnings of American Foreign Policy, 1775–1789Chapter 2: The Federalist Era and the Wars of the French Revolution, 1789–1801Chapter 3: Jeffersonian Diplomacy, 1801–1809Chapter 4: The War of 1812 and the Completion of American Independence, 1809–1817Chapter 5: The Diplomacy of Hemispheric Order, 1817–1825Chapter 6: To the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1825–1842Chapter 7: Destiny and Annexation: Oregon, Texas, and the Mexican War, 1842–1848Chapter 8: Between the Wars, 1848–1861: Young America and the Paradox of Slavery and FreedomChapter 9: The Civil War, 1861–1865Chapter 10: Prelude to American Imperialism, 1865–1897Chapter 11: U.S. Imperialism and the New Manifest Destiny, 1897–1900Chapter 12: Theodore Roosevelt and the Search for World Order, 1900–1913

Howard Jones has written a definitive history of American foreign relations before 1913. He reminds us once again that U.S. foreign policy did not begin in 1898 as he develops a narrative that is detailed but never boring. Those often forgotten years come alive as he moves from the uncertain nation of 1783 to the powerful one of 1913.