Neutrality - Bibliography
Bernath, Stuart L. Squall Across the Atlantic: American Civil War Prize Cases and Diplomacy. Berkeley, Calif., 1970. A superb monograph that examines the doctrine of continuous voyage.
Borchard, Edwin M., and William P. Lange. Neutrality for the United States. 2d ed. New Haven, Conn., 1940. Focuses on the issues involving American neutrality during the 1930s.
Bowman, Albert Hall. The Struggle for Neutrality: Franco-American Diplomacy During the Federalist Era. Knoxville, Tenn., 1974. An excellent account of the early problems with France, particularly from the French perspective.
Dallek, Robert. Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932–1945. New York, 1979. In this comprehensive account of Roosevelt's diplomacy, the president fares well given the constraints under which he operated.
DeConde, Alexander. Entangling Alliance: Politics and Diplomacy Under George Washington. Durham, N.C., 1958. One of the standard works on politics and diplomacy during the Washington administration, it examines European-American conflicts over neutrality.
——. The Quasi-War: The Politics and Diplomacy of the Undeclared War with France, 1797–1801. New York, 1966. The most authoritative work on the subject.
Devlin, Patrick. Too Proud to Fight: Woodrow Wilson's Neutrality. New York, 1975. Considerable attention is given to the legal problems of neutrality.
Divine, Robert A. The Illusion of Neutrality. Chicago, 1962. A scholarly survey of the origins and consequences of the Neutrality Acts of 1935 to 1939.
Drummond, Donald F. The Passing of American Neutrality, 1937–1941. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1955. A good overview of the history of American neutrality, with an emphasis on the forces and events that transformed American policy between 1937 and 1941.
Fenwick, Charles G. International Law. 4th ed. New York, 1965. A good general survey of the principles of international law.
Gilbert, Felix. To the Farewell Address: Ideas of Early American Foreign Policy. Princeton, N.J., 1961.
Horsman, Reginald. The Causes of the War of 1812. Philadelphia, 1962.
Jessup, Philip C., et al. Neutrality: Its History, Economics, and Law. 4 vols. New York, 1936. The most authoritative and detailed study on the history of neutrality up to its publication date.
Link, Arthur S. Wilson. 5 vols. Princeton, N.J., 1947–1965. The most comprehensive study of Woodrow Wilson, whose neutrality policies are explored in volumes 3 through 5.
May, Ernest R. The World War and American Isolation, 1914–1917. 2d ed. Chicago, 1966.
Meecham, J. Lloyd. The United States and Inter-American Security, 1889–1960. Austin, Tex., 1961. Includes accounts of American efforts to secure a unified neutrality policy and hemispheric security with Latin America prior to and during World War II.
Ørvik, Nils. The Decline of Neutrality, 1914–1941. Oslo, Norway, 1953.
Pares, Richard. Colonial Blockade and Neutral Rights, 1739–1763. Oxford, 1938. Although an older work, it has relevance for understanding eighteenth-century maritime law.
Perkins, Bradford. Prologue to War: England and the United States, 1805–1812. Berkeley, Calif., 1961. A fine study of Anglo-American conflicts that led to the War of 1812.
——. Castlereagh and Adams: England and the United States, 1812–1823. Berkeley, Calif., 1964. Examines the Anglo-American conflict over neutral rights.
Porter, David L. The Seventy-sixth Congress and World War II, 1939–1940. Columbia, Mo., and London, 1979. Examines the role of Congress in enacting neutrality revision.
Savelle, Max. The Origins of American Diplomacy: The International History of Anglo-america, 1492–1763. New York, 1967. The most detailed examination of European treaties and agreements that helped shape early American foreign policy relative to the Doctrine of the Two Spheres.
Trefousse, Hans J. Germany and American Neutrality, 1939–1941. New York, 1951. A study of the German response to American neutrality policies prior to U.S. entry into World War II.