Trials and Triumphs: George Washington's Foreign Policy
Reuter, Frank When George Washington took office, the territory now known as the United States had been for many years a pawn in the struggle between Europe's great powers -- Great Britain, Spain, and France. It might easily have remained so had not Washington set about the invention of a firm but flexible foreign policy. In addition, Washington considered the persistent question of Indian relations along the entire American western frontier a part of his f...