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America’s Rise and Fall among Nations: Lessons in Statecraft from John Quincy Adams by Angelo Codevilla
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America’s Rise and Fall among Nations: Lessons in Statecraft from John Quincy Adams by Angelo Codevilla

By Bill Sanders

Feb 22, 2024
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New York: Encounter Books, 2022

288 pp. $30.99 (hardcover)

Plainly spoken truth characterized American foreign policy until the early 20th century. John Quincy Adams—James Monroe’s secretary of state, later president of the United States from 1825 to 1829—exemplified diplomacy rooted in truth, and his principles guided American diplomats until “Progressiv…

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