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Author Moats, Sandra, author.

Title Navigating neutrality : early American governance in the turbulent Atlantic / Sandra Moats
Published Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 198 pages)
Series Revolutionary age
Revolutionary age (Charlottesville, Va.)
Contents "The Mischiefs of Foreign Intrigue" -- "Highway Robbery under the Protection of the Law" : American Privateers in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic -- "Free Ships Make Free Goods" : Revolutionary Experiments in Neutrality -- "The Contests of European Nations" : George Washington and Neutrality -- "Americans in Politics" : Crafting a Neutral Proclamation -- "To Keep This Country in Peace" : French Violations and Executive Actions -- "A Rank Due to the United States" : Enforcing Neutrality across the Federal Government -- "My Objects Are, to Prevent a War" : Enforcing Neutrality across the Globe -- "First in Peace" : George Washington, Statesman
Summary History of the Americas;Naval forces and warfare;General and world history;Central / national / federal government
Analysis History of the Americas;Naval forces and warfare;General and world history;Central / national / federal government
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from title screen (viewed October 22, 2021)
Subject Neutrality -- United States -- History
Shipping -- United States -- History
Commerce
Neutrality
Shipping
United States -- Commerce -- History.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813946450
081394645X