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Even Christopher Hitchens admits this was an attempt to portray the United States as less religious than it actually was, given it was a treaty made to Muslim nations. In short, it's not a good argument to use to show the US was not founded on religious principles.
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"Of course, those secularists like myself who like to cite this treaty must concede that its conciliatory language was part of America’s attempt to come to terms with Barbary demands."
This book also verifies the fact.
Just do some reading for context before you reference something like this. It's a common historical error.
The early republic wasn't really my field, so I think all the relevant books are out in the garage. I'm wracking my brain trying to come up with some of the better volumes I read as an undergrad, but nothing's coming to mind, except for From Colony to Superpower by George Herring.
(A weighty tome; it's pretty handy as a general reference, since it covers a lot of ground, but it's not ideal for what you're asking. Probably also why I remember it offhand. It lives on my shelf.) I'm not sure I can really recommend it for you, but it does cover a lot of this.
At the moment, being a bit tipsy and disinclined to fight raccoons in the cold and dark, what I'd suggest is looking into a book on the Jay Treaty. If you can find a decent one—and I'm sorry I can't be more help—that should cover the nature of a lot of the shape of Anglo-American relations in the wake of the revolution. It's earlier than the period we're talking about here, but it's an excellent place to start when trying to parse out America's position in the world in the early days.
I'd suggest saying away from biographies; most biographies of figures from that period are little more than hagiography.
I'm sorry I couldn't be more help. If you want anything between the Civil War and the end of WWII, I can probably be more useful.
From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776. As the title suggests, the book goes beyond the last 100 years, but if that's all you want to read about, it's easy enough to start in the middle.
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