Rogue Diplomats: The Proud Tradition of Disobedience in American Foreign Policy

Rogue DiplomatsThe Proud Tradition of Disobedience in American Foreign Policy\nAuthor(s): Seth Jacobs\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107079472, 978-1107079472\nSynopsis\nMany of America's most significant political, economic, territorial, and geostrategic accomplishments from 1776 to the present day came about because a [url] diplomat disobeyed orders. The magnificent terms granted to the infant republic by Britain at the close of the American Revolution, the bloodless acquisition of France's massive Louisiana territory in 1803, the procurement of an even vaster expanse of land from Mexico forty years later, the preservation of the Anglo-American 'special relationship' during World War Ithese and other milestones in the history of [url] geopolitics derived in large part from the refusal of ambassadors, ministers, and envoys to heed the instructions given to them by their superiors back home. ?