
Gold Braid and Foreign Relations
Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers, 1798-1883
David F. Long(Author)
Naval Institute Press
Will be published approx. on 14. July 1988
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-0-87021-228-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is a unique study of the officer diplomats of the "Old Navy" that covers 500 cases over an 85-year period, ending with Commodore Robert W. Schufeldt and the negotiation of America's first treaty with Korea.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Annopolis
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
975 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87021-228-4 (9780870212284)
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Person
David F. Long, retired after 45 years as Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire, has written a number of diplomatic and U.S. naval works, including such naval biographies as Nothing Too Daring... David Porter, 1780-1843.