Special Providence_ American Foreign Policy and How It Changed World - Walter Russell Mead
184 SPEC!AL PROVIDENCE Thishasn'talwaysbeentrue.TheearlyJeffersonianshadobjectives, mostlyterritorial:Chieflytheywantedcontr~lof ...
"VindicatorOnlyof HerOwn" 185 subornthegovernmentorcorruptpoliticiansandbendtheUnitedStates totheirwill.Theycouldsoinfringeonthe ...
r86 SPECIALPROVIDENCE Thesedangersthatthejeffersoniansforesawfromthebeginningand sought towardoffwere, toa largeextent,unavoidab ...
"VindicatorOnlyofHerOwn" r87 changedsomewhatovertheyears,thecoreideasremainsimilar.During theeighteenthandnineteenthcenturies,Je ...
188 SPECIALPROVIDENCE governmentspendingmadepossiblebythatdebtstrengthenedthecen- tralgovernment.WhatJeffersonandtheJeffersonian ...
"VindicatorOnlyofHerOwn" 189 warhaveseenthenationaldebtrisefrom$40.4billion^18 (withannual interestpaymentsof$Ibillion)in 1939 t ...
190 SPECIALPROVIDENCE lesshorriblethroughlegalmeans.Theylookedtoarmslimits,disarma- mentagreements,andstrictrulesofwaraswaystoac ...
"VindicatorOnlyofHerOwn" 191 affirmed thatno treatycouldbindthe UnitedStates tosend troops abroadforwarwithoutcongressionalconse ...
192 SPECIALPROVIDENCE EconomyofInterests In1806,PresidentThomasJeffersonwrotea congratulatoryletterto AlexanderI onhisaccessiont ...
"VindicatorOnlyofHerOwn" 193 IfthebroadcommercialinterestsassertedbyHamiltoniansandthe Hamiltonianwillingnesstosacrificeconstitu ...
194 SPECIALPROVIDENCE theFarEast.Isitreallyinthenationalinterest,theyask,fortheUnited Statestobeatthecenterofnegotiationsbetween ...
"VindicatorOnlyofHerOwn" 195 toknowifithasbeenmanagedforthebenefitofthenobleandwealthy ofthecountry,orforthepoorandorphan."26Wes ...
196 SPECIALPROVIDENCE andforts. Morethanonce inthenineteenthcentury,the chronically underfundednavydeclinedtolevelswellbelowthem ...
"VindicatorOnlyof HerOwn" 197 ToensurethatAmericandiplomatsabroadrememberedtheirrepub- licanroots,Jeffersonianslimitedtheirnumbe ...
198 SPECIALPROVIDENCE toshapetheAmericanstrategicresponse.Inthefirst,tumultuousera, Jeffersonians proposed balancingFrance'sdomi ...
"VindicatorOnlyofHerOwn" 199 totheBritishfleetandnation.AtothertimesBritishprovocations,espe- ciallytoAmericanshipping,grewsoout ...
200 SPECIALPROVIDENCE factrepresentedtheU.S.answertothestrategicdilemmaofitsfirstfifty years.GivenbasicBritishrespectforAmerican ...
"VindicatorOnlyofHerOwn" 201 "ABRUTALASSAULT" Thisillustrationfrom"Coin'sFinancialSchool,"themostimportant populisteconomictract ...
202 SPECIALPROVIDENCE 18°9.^40 JeffersonianRepublicansintroducedandcarriedthechartering oftheSecondBankoftheUnitedStates;ifwewer ...
"VindicatorOnlyofHerOwn" 203 wasoneofthemostlightlyfortifiedmajorbordersintheworldevenata timewhenAmerican-Britishrelationsweres ...
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