José Martí and the American Founders on Liberty and Interventionism
ABSTRACT
Jose Marti is one of the most well-known and controversial figures in Latin American history. This conference compared Marti and his views on politics, foreign policy, and American culture, to the writings of various American Founders.
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The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793–1794
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By Alexander Hamilton (Pacificus) and James Madison (Helvidius)
Edited and with an Introduction by Morton J. Frisch
The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793–1794 matched Hamilton and Madison in the first chapter of an enduring discussion about the proper roles of executive and legislative branches in the conduct of American foreign policy. Ignited by President Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation of 1793, which annulled the eleventh article of America’s treaty with…
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