Ottoman Algeria in Western Diplomatic History with ... - Bibliothèque

advantageous place in Mediterranean markets among European powers that
were as alert to their own economic interests as Americans were. But for the
Americans that was a child’s game. The American mind that devised longlasting
ideals in the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 complemented
them with a politico-economic vision barely two month later. The document
that incorporated America’s nascent economic philosophy is simply called
‘plan of 1776’ and the means used for the attainment of American commercial
adjectives is simply referred to as ‘commercial diplomacy.’
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