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- The Master Architects: Building the United States Foreign Service 1890–1913
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
summary
During the twenty years before World War I, several key figures worked to improve the foreign service and to reform its appointment system. Richard Hume Werking explores both the methods and the motives of these "master architects." Unlike other scholars, Werking finds that the foundations and general structure of the United States foreign service emerged before World War I. He sees its development as prompted less by foreign crises than by economic conditions—particularly the need to stimulate export trade. Indispensable to its growth were the dedicated efforts of bureaucrats who were loyal to national interests but wished the opportunity to do interesting work and to receive recognition when they did it well.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- 2. Reform in the 1890s
- pp. 20-43
- 7. Continuation under Knox
- pp. 145-174
- 9. Showdown
- pp. 205-219
- 10. A Multifaceted Salesmanship
- pp. 220-242
- 11. Epilogue: 1913 and After
- pp. 243-254
- Appendix B: Abbreviations and Record Groups
- pp. 257-258
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 315-322
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813165127
Related ISBN(s)
9780813155616, 9780813195148
MARC Record
OCLC
900344551
Pages
352
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No