The Genet Mission (Norton Essays in American History)
By Harry Ammon.
Description
Few episodes in the history of American foreign relations are as fascinating as the mission of Edmund Genet, the first minister sent to the United States from the new French Republic. Genet arrived in 1793, anxious to win support for France against Britain and other “enemies of republicanism.” However, within months after his arrival, his confrontations with the Washington administration brought relations between the two countries almost to the point of rupture. While Genet had considerable shortcomings as a diplomat, more important was his inability to accept the irreconcilable...
ISBN(s)
0393094200, 9780393094206
