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The Treaty of Ghent—A Centenary Estimate
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 October 2013
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The principal justification in presenting my subject which has been made familiar through the scholarly work of Henry Adams and Rear Admiral Mahan, lies in the fact that the attention of the English speaking world will be fixed upon this event in the coming year, as Great Britain and the United States unite in celebrating a century of peace between these two great nations. It may, therefore, be not inappropriate, at this time to endeavor to arrive at a proper estimate of the treaty which marks the beginning of the hundred years peace. It has been somewhat the fashion to speak disparagingly of the treaty of Ghent, inasmuch as it contained no reference to the principles for which the war was ostensibly fought. Often, it has been referred to as a “treaty of boundaries,” or a mere “treaty of peace”—accomplishing nothing more than the cessation of hostilities. In order to determine whether the treaty of Ghent merits any higher estimate than this common one which has been accepted by one writer after another, it may be pertinent to consider first, the opinion of contemporary history, and secondly, the estimate of a century later, based upon the results of the treaty.
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- Papers and Discussions
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- Proceedings of the American Political Science Association , Volume 10 , Issue 1: Tenth Annual Meeting , December 1914 , pp. 94 - 104
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- Copyright © American Political Science Association 1914
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