Toward "thorough, accurate, and reliable" : a history of the Foreign Relations of the United States series /

Toward "thorough, accurate, and reliable" : a history of the Foreign Relations of the United States series /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McAllister, William B., 1958- author.
Imprint:	[Washington, District of Columbia] : U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, 2015. [Getzville, NY] : William S. Hein & Co., [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 382 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	HeinOnline foreign relations of the US Foreign relations of the US.
Subject:	United States. -- Department of State -- History -- Sources. Diplomatic and consular service, American -- History -- Sources. United States -- Foreign relations -- Law and legislation -- History -- Sources. United States -- Foreign relations administration -- History -- Sources. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource U.S. Federal Government Document Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11410364

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	History of the Foreign Relations of the United States series
Other uniform titles:	Foreign relations of the United States.
Other authors / contributors:	Botts, Joshua, author. Cozzens, Peter, 1957- author. Marrs, Aaron W., 1976- author. United States. Department of State. Office of the Historian, issuing body.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-374) and index. Description based on PDF title page, viewed August 5, 2016.
Other form:	Original 9780160932120
Govt.docs classification:	S 1.2:H 62/2

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
Part I. Immediate accountability, 1790s-1920s
Chapter 1. The parameters of openness and executive discretion, 1790-1860
Chapter 2. The Civil War origins of the FRUS Series, 1861-1868
Chapter 3. The death and resurrection of FRUS, 1868-1876
Chapter 4. The contemporaneous FRUS, 1870-1905
Chapter 5. Transition to a new era, 1905-1920s
Part II. Negotiating responsible historical transparency, 1920s to early 2000s
Chapter 6. "The necessary limitations upon open diplomacy," 1920-1945
Chapter 7. "Out of the frying pan Into the fire," 1945-1957
Chapter 8. Cold War normalcy, 1958-1979
Chapter 9. The erosion of transparency, 1978-1985
Chapter 10. "A civil war in the department," 1986-1990
Chapter 11. "Thorough, accurate, and reliable," 1990-1991
Chapter 12. Implementing the FRUS statute, 1992-2002
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Terms
Abbreviations
Stages in creation of a foreign relations volume
Appendix A. Historical foreign relations timeliness and production charts
Appendix B. FRUS production chart, 1861-1935
Appendix C. Supplemental foreign relations submissions, 1869-1914
Appendix D. Office heads and office symbol designations, 1919-2014
Bibliography
Contributors
Index.