What is American diplomatic history?

Answer 1

Briefly, it largely begins with Benjamin Franklin being appointed to Paris as our first Ambassador. He was a HUGE hit -- IMMENSELY popular -- though some might question his actual effectiveness in getting the actual work of diplomacy done, beyond creating a positive image of one's country. It seems to be that John Adams was better than Franklin; while not enjoying popularity as Ben did, he worked his tail off trying to obtain loans and support for our young Republic, in Holland, Belgium, and France (and possibly Russia, too, I can't remember). Our early diplomatic history primarily was defined by our relationships with England and France -- first, trying to gain support in our war against the former (mostly, the support of the latter), and then later, when the French abruptly turned on us (I'll leave further comments about their subsequent behavior in this vein to others) and began to attack our shipping without provocation, trying to avoid war with France.

Answer 2

Diplomatic history is the study of the interactions of the US government with other nations on a diplomatic and political level. It also studies the decisions made in these interactions and how it possibly affected the outcomes. It also studies the evolution of treaties between the US and other countries and the repercussions of those treaties. This is just a quick overview and not as complete as I could make it.

Answer 3

Giving Billions in aid to Earthquake victims, Tsunami victims, Europe after WW2, and trying to help most of the poor countries in the world yet getting blamed for every problem from Terroism to babies crying.