John W. Foster, A Century of American Diplomacy, 1776-1876 (Boston and New York, 1900).— This is a general study of American diplomacy by a distinguished diplomat, with a special chapter on the Monroe Doctrine from the conventional point of view. The book is strongest on the diplomacy since the Civil War.
- John Holladay Latane, The Diplomatic Relations of the United States and Spanish America (Baltimore, 1900). — Though including only one field of American foreign affairs, this is one of the handiest and best books on inter-American relations. Well printed, with footnotes.
- Theodore Lyman, The Diplomacy of the United States, Being an Account of the Foreign Relations of the Country from the First Treaty with France in 1778, 2d ed., 2 vols., (Boston, 1828).— This is a more elaborate attempt to treat American diplomacy as a separate subject, but it was written before the publication of some important materials. It comes down to 1828, including relations with Barbary powers and Latin-American states.
Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future (Boston, 1897). A discussion by an expert on our foreign commercial and diplomatic policy.
- John Bassett Moore, American Foreign Policy. (In preparation.)— This work by an experienced diplomat, when published, will include classified bibliographies, and will cover briefly the whole field of American diplomacy.
- Eugene Schuyler, American Diplomacy and the Furtherance of Commerce (New York, 1886).— This is a suggestive book devoted to commercial relations, written by a man who had had much experience in the consular service.
Freeman Snow, Treaties and Topics in American Diplomacy (Boston, 1890). — Half of this book is an abstract of treaties; the other half is made up of essays on the Monroe Doctrine, the Fisheries and the Bering Sea question.
William Henry Trescot, The Diplomacy of the Revolution. An Historical Study (New York, 1852). The Diplomatic History of the Administrations of Washington and Adams, 1789-1801 (Boston, 1857). — These two books taken together are a serviceable account of the quarter-century from the beginning of the Revolution to the administration of Jefferson. Almost no footnotes. B. General Histories containing Discussions of Diplomatic Topics. From the numerous histories concerning considerable areas of American history the following have been selected as furnishing the largest and most pertinent discussions of foreign relations.
- Henry Adams, History of the United States during the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison, 9 vols., (New York, 1889-1891). — A most searching account of the diplomacy of neutral trade and the War of 1812.
George Bancroft, A History of the United States, first ed., 12 vols., (Boston, 1834-1874).— From discovery to 1789. Some of the volumes of this edition have footnotes.
