A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China

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Dale C. Copeland

A World Safe for Commerce

American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China

Dale C. Copeland

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Princeton University Press
06 February 2024

International relations; International trade; Economic history

Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics

An Economist Biggest Book of the Year

How commerce determines whether America preserves the peace or goes to war

When the Cold War ended, many believed that expanding trade would usher in an era of peace. Yet today the United States finds itself confronting not just Russia in Europe but China in the Indo-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America. Shedding new light on how trade both reduces and increases the risks of international crisis, A World Safe for Commerce traces how, since the nation's founding, the United States has consistently moved from peace to conflict when the commerce needed for national security is under threat.

Dale Copeland shows how commerce pushes the United States and its rivals to expand their spheres of influence for access to goods even as they worry about provoking a breakdown in trade relations that could spiral into military conflict. Taking readers from the wars with Britain in 1776 and 1812 to World War II and the Cold War, he describes how America's leaders have grappled with this inherent tension, and why they have shifted, sometimes dramatically, from peaceful, mutually beneficial policies to coercion and force in order to increase control over vital trade and prevent economic decline.

A World Safe for Commerce reveals how trade competition could lead the United States and China into full-scale confrontation. But it also offers hope that both sides can work to improve their overall trade expectations and foster the confidence needed for long-term peace and stability.

By: Dale C. Copeland
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691172552
ISBN 10: 0691172552
Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 06 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dale C. Copeland is professor of international relations at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Economic Interdependence and War (Princeton) and The Origins of Major War.

Reviews for A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China

""An Economist Biggest Book of the Year"" ""Top Ten Global Affairs Reads of 2024, Chicago Council on Global Affairs"" ""Magisterial.""---Bronwen Everill, Foreign Policy ""[A] fine historical analysis of America’s foreign-trade policies, from the pre-Independence years until the Cold War. . . . A World Safe for Commerce is an important work.""---Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal ""[A] valuable book.""---Jessica T. Mathews, Foreign Affairs ""[M]agisterial... a comprehensive examination of U.S. foreign policy from the Revolution to China’s rise. ""---Michael Holmes, Responsible Statecraft