Franklin the Diplomat: The French Mission Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 72, Part 1) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780871697219)

This is a print on demand publication. This study looks at how Benjamin Franklin approached his job as a diplomat & evaluates his performance. It is restricted to the wartime years of Franklin's French mission & concentrates on the activities author Dull considers most important. To illuminate Franklin, Dull discusses the individual people with whom he worked, the polity he represented, & the society in which he lives. Contents: Franklin's diplomatic background; The development of Franklin's negotiating style; Franklin the negotiator: securing the alliance; Franklin as head of mission; Franklin & the functioning of the alliance; Franklin the negotiator: securing the peace; & Franklin: diplomat & man.

Author: Jonathan R. Dull
ISBN-10: 0871697211
ISBN-13: 9780871697219
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1982
Pages: 76
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.25d