Raising the Flag: America's First Envoys in Faraway Lands
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. For Tea and Country -- 2. To the Shores of Tripoli -- 3. Diplomacy in New Orleans -- 4. Inventing Interventionism -- 5. Cochin China, Siam, and Muscat -- 6. The Commodore as Diplomat -- 7. Adventures in Paradise -- 8. The Land of Gold -- 9. Shimoda and the Shogun -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography