Abstract
It is interesting and somewhat paradoxical to note that the American people have engaged in many long and heated controversies over the question of whether the United States should or should not be actively involved in international affairs, apparently without most of them ever realizing that it has been so involved throughout much of its history. This participation has necessarily put the President, his advisors and agents into positions of great importance, and has made them a subject of much attention.
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Waters, M. (1963). Introduction. In: The Ad Hoc Diplomat: A Study in Municipal and International Law. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0897-1_1
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