Quasi-War/Bibliography

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Bibliography

• Brown, Ralph A. The Presidency of John Adams. (1988). excerpt and text search
• DeConde, Alexander. The Quasi-War: The Politics and Diplomacy of the Undeclared War with France 1797–1801 (1966)
• Elkins, Stanley M. and Eric McKitrick, The Age of Federalism. (1993), the standard history of the 1790s enline edition
• Ferling, John. John Adams: A Life. (1992) excerpt and text search
• Ferling, John. "'Oh That I Was a Soldier': John Adams and the Anguish of War," American Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Summer, 1984), pp. 258-275 in JSTOR
• Fowler, Jr. William M. Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy, 1783-1815 (1984)
• Hale, Matthew Rainbow. "'Many Who Wandered in Darkness': the Contest over American National Identity, 1795-1798." Early American Studies 2003 1(1): 127-175. Issn: 1543-4273
• Kohn, Richard H. Eagle and Sword: The Federalists and the Creation of the Military Establishment in America, 1783-1802 (1975)
• Kurtz, Stephen G. The Presidency of John Adams: The Collapse of Federalism, 1795-1800 (1957). Detailed political narrative. online edition
• McCullough, David. John Adams. (2002). Pulitzer Prize popular biography, excerpt and text search
• Miller, John C. The Federalist Era: 1789-1801 (1960), pp 210-227
• Murphy, Jr. William J. "John Adams: The Politics of the Additional Army, 1798-1800," The New England Quarterly Vol. 52, No. 2 (Jun., 1979), pp. 234-249 in JSTOR
• Palmer, Michael A. Stoddert's War: Naval Operations During the Quasi-War With France, 1798-1801 (2000) excerpt and text search
• Phillips, James Duncan. "Salem's Part in the Naval War with France," The New England Quarterly Vol. 16, No. 4 (Dec., 1943), pp. 543-566 in JSTOR
• Ray, Thomas M. "'Not One Cent for Tribute': The Public Addresses and American Popular Reaction to the XYZ Affair, 1798-1799." Journal of the Early Republic (1983) 3(4): 389-412. Issn: 0275-1275 in Jstor
• Sharp, James. American Politics in the Early Republic: The New Nation in Crisis. (1995), detailed political narrative of 1790s.
• Smelser, Marshall. The Congress Founds the Navy, 1787-1798 (1959)
• Smith, Jean Edward John Marshall: Definer Of A Nation, (1996).
• Stinchcombe, William. The XYZ Affair. (1980). 167 pp.
• Stinchcombe, William. "The Diplomacy of the WXYZ Affair," in William and Mary Quarterly, 34:590-617 (October 1977); in JSTOR; note the "W". in JSTOR
• Stinchcombe, William. "Talleyrand and the American Negotiations of 1797-1798." Journal of American History 1975 62(3): 575-590. Issn: 0021-8723 Fulltext: in Jstor

Primary sources

• Knox, Dudley W. ed. Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War between the United States and France (1935) online edition
• Marsall, John. "Letters of John Marshall When Envoy to France, 1797, 1798." American Historical Review 1897 2(2): 294-306. Issn: 0002-8762 Fulltext: in JSTOR