PART VII

MATERIALS

CHAPTER XXV

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE
AND OF ITS COLLATERAL DOCTRINES

CRITERION

To prepare anything like a complete bibliography of the Monroe Doctrine in its broadest sense, would be a long and severe task; for there is a large literature of private materials, published records, and secondary discussions which no one has as yet sought to assemble and to put in order, so that it may be used by inquirers. The only approach to such a bibliography has been made by Dr. Herbert Kraus in his Die Monroedoktrin, which is described below. Though he has listed some periodical articles in his section "Von der Monroedoktrin handeln ", he has made no attempt to exhaust the periodical material; nor has he gone far into the often illuminating discussions in biographies and in general histories of the United States and of other American countries.

The author has confined this bibliography to a limited number of selected book titles. In order to bring the results within reasonable compass, periodical articles have been entirely omitted, although many of them contain information and discussion of the first order.

Many suggestive articles can be reached through the standard indexes to periodicals (See Channing, Hart and Turner, Guide to American History § 24) including Leonard A. Jones, Index to Legal Periodical Literature (2 vols. 1888-1899).

Likewise the numerous and fruitful treatises on public international law have been left out, though they contain extracts

from sources and expert discussion of great value. The most important ones can be reached through the author's Foundations of American Foreign Policy, ch. viii, “A brief Bibliography of American Diplomacy"; and more specifically through Kraus's section (pp. 27-31) "Völkerrechtliche Werke allgemeinen Inhalts."

This Bibliography is sub-divided into five heads as follows; —

1. Bibliographies of the Monroe Doctrine.

2. Compendiums containing Material on the Monroe Doctrine.

3. General Diplomatic Works, containing Material on the Monroe Doctrine.

4. Works treating specifically of the Monroe Doctrine. 5. Printed Sources of the Monroe Doctrine.

I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE

Some of the treatises on the Monroe Doctrine contain lists of authorities, though none of them except as noted below, are of much use to the searcher. Professor John B. Moore, in his two majestic collections of material and discussions of American diplomacy, has printed long lists of books bearing on all questions of diplomacy; and his texts with their copious footnotes give access to a vast amount of valuable material on the Monroe Doctrine.

CHANNING, EDWARD, and HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL, and TURNER, FREDERICK JACKSON, Guide to the Study of American History, (Rev. and aug. ed., Boston, Ginn, 1912)

Special bibliographies relating to the Monroe Doctrine at §§ 198, 199, 224, 244, 257, 263, 267.

GILMAN, DANIEL C., James Monroe. (Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1898)

Bibliography by J. Franklin Jameson at pp. 260-294. Good up to its date.

HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL (Editor), The American Nation: A History. (27 vols. 28th in preparation, N. Y., Harper, 19041907 [1916])

In each volume a "Critical Essay on Authorities", including in most cases diplomatic material.

HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL, The Foundations of American Foreign Policy, with a Working Bibliography. (N. Y. and London, Macmillan, 1901)

A brief select bibliography of American Diplomacy at pp. 241-293. HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL, Manual of American History, Diplomacy, and Government. (Cambridge, Harvard Univ., 1908)

Contains specific references on The Monroe Doctrine and collateral topics, at § 74 (Lect. 35–36), § 76 (Lect. 43), § 77, 78 (Lect. 46–50), § 80 (Lect. 57-64), § 82 (Lect. 71), § 84 (Lect. 75–78), § 86 (Lect. 82-84, 87-89), §§ 145, 152, 163, 167, 171, 172, 183, 196.

HASSE, ADELAIDE R., Index to United States Documents relating to Foreign Affairs (1828-1861). (3 Parts; Part I, "A-H," published; Washington, Carnegie Inst., 1914)

Copious analysis of the correspondence, etc., which was printed in interval between the Am. State Papers, Foreign and the Diplomatic Correspondence.

KRAUS, HERBERT, Die Monroedoktrin in ihren Beziehungen zur amerikanischen Diplomatie und zum Völkerrecht. (Berlin, Guttentag, 1913)

Thoroughgoing bibliography at pp. 19-36, classified as follows: (1) Sources; (2) Periodicals and Technical Journals; (3) Works relating to Diplomacy, History, or Politics; (4) Works on International Law of a general Character; (5) Books and Periodical Articles [especially relating to the Monroe Doctrine].

Place and date are stated for all book titles. References to periodicals so cited as to be easily verified. In addition, the work abounds in bibliographical footnotes, many of which are collections of references to sections or paragraphs of the work.

This is the best bibliography of the Monroe Doctrine.

MOORE, JOHN BASSETT, Digest of International Law as embodied especially in Documents . . . of the United States. (8 vols., Washington, Gov. Printing Office, 1906) (This is House Docs., 56 Cong. 2 sess. No. 551).

General bibliography of International Law in Vol. I, pp. ix-xxx. References in index in Vol. VIII under title "Monroe Doctrine" lead to invaluable extracts from treaties, opinions, and despatches.

MORRISON, HUGH A., JR., List of Books and Articles in Periodicals relating to Interoceanic Canal and Railway Routes. (Washington, Gov. Printing Office, 1900)

Questions of general American policy. The Monroe Doctrine ist incidental.

RINGWALT, RALPH CURTIS, Briefs on Public Questions, with Selected Lists of References. (N. Y., Longmans, Green, 1905)

An elaborate brief on the Monroe Doctrine with references at pp. 84-92.

UNITED STATES, General Index to the Published Volumes of the Diplomatic Correspondence and Foreign Relations of the United States (1861-1899). (Washington, Gov. Printing Office, 1902)

Very full and highly analyzed both by countries and by topics. A few references only under the specific title “Monroe Doctrine."

II. COMPENDIUMS CONTAINING MATERIAL ON THE

MONROE DOCTRINE

Every student of American diplomacy is aware of the difficulty of placing a particular episode or negotiation in its exact chronological place and its connections with other events. The searcher for exact data and the verification of results, can be much aided by the following brief list of compendious works, which gives information about past diplomacy, in many cases brought down almost to date. Through them new phases of the subject can be traced as fast as they arise.

The American Journal of International Law. [Quarterly] (Washington, Am. Soc. of Int. Law, 1907-date)

Each number contains a "Chronicle of International Events" commencing January 1, 1906 "with References." This is the standard list of diplomatic events, including Latin America. There is a supplement of official documents.

The American Year Book: a Record of Events and Progress. [Annual, beginning with year 1910] (N. Y., Appleton, 1911-date)

Contains articles under "International Relations" and "Foreign Affairs." Full and well selected. Most convenient source for current diplomatic questions.

The Annual Register. Review of Public Events at Home and Abroad. [Annual, beginning with year 1758] (London, etc., 1761-date)

Compilation of documents and also secondary statements of events. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events [Annual, 1861-1902]. (42 vols., N. Y., Appleton, 1862-1903)

Volumes for 1861-1874 are called American Annual Cyclopædia. Three Indexes, 1875, 1895, 1902.