ELMER PLISCHKE is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a recognized authority on U.S. foreign relations and State Department matters.

• ForewordGlossary of Diplomatic TermsGlossary of Symbols and AcronymsPart I: To 1801Origins of American Diplomacy--PreludeFederalist Period--Creating the State Department and Diplomatic Corps, 1789-1801Part II: 1801-1861Post-Federalist Period--Germination and Crystallization, 1801-1829Transition Period--Extension and Stabilization, 1829-1861Part III: 1861-1945The Road to Becoming a Great World Power-- Amplification, Innovation, and Renovation, 1861-1913United States Becomes a Superpower--Expansion, Reorganization, and Career Consolidation, 1914-1945Part IV: 1945-, and the FutureUnited States as a Superpower--The Contemporary Era Since 1945The FutureAppendix I: Principal Statutes and Executive Orders Concerning the Department of State and the Foreign ServiceAppendix II: United States Law on the Conduct of American Foreign RelationsAppendix III: United States Territorial ExpansionBibliographyIndex

ELMER PLISCHKE is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a recognized authority on U.S. foreign relations and State Department matters.

• ForewordGlossary of Diplomatic TermsGlossary of Symbols and AcronymsPart I: To 1801Origins of American Diplomacy--PreludeFederalist Period--Creating the State Department and Diplomatic Corps, 1789-1801Part II: 1801-1861Post-Federalist Period--Germination and Crystallization, 1801-1829Transition Period--Extension and Stabilization, 1829-1861Part III: 1861-1945The Road to Becoming a Great World Power-- Amplification, Innovation, and Renovation, 1861-1913United States Becomes a Superpower--Expansion, Reorganization, and Career Consolidation, 1914-1945Part IV: 1945-, and the FutureUnited States as a Superpower--The Contemporary Era Since 1945The FutureAppendix I: Principal Statutes and Executive Orders Concerning the Department of State and the Foreign ServiceAppendix II: United States Law on the Conduct of American Foreign RelationsAppendix III: United States Territorial ExpansionBibliographyIndex

ELMER PLISCHKE is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a recognized authority on U.S. foreign relations and State Department matters.

• ForewordGlossary of Diplomatic TermsGlossary of Symbols and AcronymsPart I: To 1801Origins of American Diplomacy--PreludeFederalist Period--Creating the State Department and Diplomatic Corps, 1789-1801Part II: 1801-1861Post-Federalist Period--Germination and Crystallization, 1801-1829Transition Period--Extension and Stabilization, 1829-1861Part III: 1861-1945The Road to Becoming a Great World Power-- Amplification, Innovation, and Renovation, 1861-1913United States Becomes a Superpower--Expansion, Reorganization, and Career Consolidation, 1914-1945Part IV: 1945-, and the FutureUnited States as a Superpower--The Contemporary Era Since 1945The FutureAppendix I: Principal Statutes and Executive Orders Concerning the Department of State and the Foreign ServiceAppendix II: United States Law on the Conduct of American Foreign RelationsAppendix III: United States Territorial ExpansionBibliographyIndex