With the war ended, American attention shifts away from Europe while European attention shifts from America. US delegates attempt to establish a foreign policy with free trade, only to fund the major powers uninterested. Instead they struggle to keep American merchant ships from capture by Barbary pirates who enslave their crews.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: A View from Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe, by Jeanne Abrams

Online Recommendation of the Week: Foreign Policies of the Founding Fathers, https://archive.org/details/foreignpolicieso00varg

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