Foundations of American diplomacy 1775 - 1872 (University of South Carolina Press, 1969)
Partial contents: II. Independence: The committee of secret correspondence ; The French allience ; The treaty of Paris – III. Commerce: The treaty plans of 1776 and 1784 ; The French treaty ; Jay's treaty – IV. The Mississippi question: The first Jay treaty ; Pickney's treaty – V. Neutrality and quasi war: The constitution on foreign affairs ; The heritage of George Washington ; XYZ – VI. The Louisiana purchase – VII. War of 1812 – VIII: The Transcontinental Treaty ; John Quincy Adams, defender of the new world ; The Monroe doctrine – IX. Texas: Cession? ; Purchase? ; Annexation – X. The Mexican war: President Polk's war ; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – XI. The northeast and northwest boundaries – XII: An isthmian canal ; China ; Japan – XIII. Civil War: Seward's april fool's day proposition ; The trent affair ; The Laird rams ; The assassination – XIV: Seward and the emperor Maximilian ; Alaska ; Naboth's vineyard ; The Geneva arbitration