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During the twenty years before World War I, several key figures worked to improve the foreign service and to reform its appointment system. Richard Hume Werking explores both the methods and the motives of these “master architects.” Unlike other scholars, Werking finds that the foundations and general structure of the United States foreign service emerged before World War I. He sees its development as prompted less by foreign crises than by economic conditions—particularly the need to stimulate export trade. Indispensable to its growth were the dedicated efforts of bureaucrats who were loyal to national interests but wished the opportunity to do interesting work and to receive recognition when they did it well.
Richard Hume Werking received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin. He is on the library staff at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin.
Publication Date
1977
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Place of Publication
Lexington, KY
ISBN
9780813155616
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9780813165127
Keywords
United States Foreign Service, Diplomacy, American diplomacy
Disciplines
American Politics
Recommended Citation
Werking, Richard Hume, "The Master Architects: Building the United States Foreign Service 1890–1913" (1977). American Politics. 26.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_political_science_american_politics/26
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