Council on Foreign Relations 60d ago

In a survey, CFR asked members of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations what they considered to be the best and worst foreign policy decisions in U.S. history. In 1803, envoys from President Thomas Jefferson accepted a deal to purchase the entire Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the United States and securing control of the Mississippi River. Historians in our survey considered this decision to be one of the best in the history U.S. foreign policy. See their full list: tps://www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten-worst-us-foreign-policy-decisions Subscribe to our channel: https://goo.gl/WCYsH7 This work represents the views and opinions solely of the author. The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher, and takes no institutional positions on matters of policy. Visit the CFR website: http://www.cfr.org Follow CFR on X: http://www.twitter.com/cfr_org Follow CFR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/councilonforeignrelations/