Robert W. Smith received a Ph.D. from the College of William and Mary; he teaches the history of American foreign relations at Worcester State College.

• Table of Contents1—The Republican World2—The Arc of Virtue3—Tillers of the Earth4—Extending the Sphere5—The Cause of Liberty6—The Bolingbrokean Moment7—Yeoman Virtue and the Wilderness8—Yeoman Virtue at SeaConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Engagingly written and thoughtful.... Smith's study of the relationship between ideology and foreign policy is persuasive as well as provocative.(American Historical Review) An interesting, valuable, and timely contribution to our understanding of the ideological roots of American foreign policy in the early republic. Smith's comparison between Adams, Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson illuminates the thought of each figure.- James H. Read, College of St. Benedict and St. John's University In the first full-scale study of this subject, Smith conclusively demonstrates that the Founders drew on different ideological strands in fashioning their foreign policies.- Stuart Leibiger, LaSalle University

Robert W. Smith received a Ph.D. from the College of William and Mary; he teaches the history of American foreign relations at Worcester State College.

• Table of Contents1—The Republican World2—The Arc of Virtue3—Tillers of the Earth4—Extending the Sphere5—The Cause of Liberty6—The Bolingbrokean Moment7—Yeoman Virtue and the Wilderness8—Yeoman Virtue at SeaConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Engagingly written and thoughtful.... Smith's study of the relationship between ideology and foreign policy is persuasive as well as provocative.(American Historical Review) An interesting, valuable, and timely contribution to our understanding of the ideological roots of American foreign policy in the early republic. Smith's comparison between Adams, Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson illuminates the thought of each figure.- James H. Read, College of St. Benedict and St. John's University In the first full-scale study of this subject, Smith conclusively demonstrates that the Founders drew on different ideological strands in fashioning their foreign policies.- Stuart Leibiger, LaSalle University

Robert W. Smith received a Ph.D. from the College of William and Mary; he teaches the history of American foreign relations at Worcester State College.

• Table of Contents1—The Republican World2—The Arc of Virtue3—Tillers of the Earth4—Extending the Sphere5—The Cause of Liberty6—The Bolingbrokean Moment7—Yeoman Virtue and the Wilderness8—Yeoman Virtue at SeaConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Engagingly written and thoughtful.... Smith's study of the relationship between ideology and foreign policy is persuasive as well as provocative.(American Historical Review) An interesting, valuable, and timely contribution to our understanding of the ideological roots of American foreign policy in the early republic. Smith's comparison between Adams, Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson illuminates the thought of each figure.- James H. Read, College of St. Benedict and St. John's University In the first full-scale study of this subject, Smith conclusively demonstrates that the Founders drew on different ideological strands in fashioning their foreign policies.- Stuart Leibiger, LaSalle University