America has been a nation of great rivalry ever since the arrival of the European settlers. This book traces the history of the two foreign policy traditions from their incarnation in the colonial settlements to their evolution into a lasting rivalry between Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian ideals. Patrick Mendis deciphers the cause that unified these men and uncovers the founding vision of America.

FOREWORD by Professor J. BRIAN ATWOOD, Dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota and former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Undersecretary of Management at the U.S. State Department.

DEDICATED to the late NATO Ambassador HARLAN CLEVELAND, the Founding Dean of the Humphrey Institute and former President of the University of Hawaii and President of the World Academy of Art and Science.