美国西进运动中的和平外交探析

摘要：独立不久，美国通过路易斯安那购买、俄勒冈争端等事件，在实现疆域扩张的基础上，拓展了工业化发展所迫切需要的广 阔地理空间，并开创了用外交方式解决领土问题的先例。在复杂的外交局势中，美国利用欧洲殖民各国的矛盾与纷争，通过威 逼利诱的谈判方式以低廉的价格购买了大半个美国的疆域，实现了领土的扩张和国际地位的提高。在自身利益得到满足的同 时，联邦政府意识到利用和平方式解决争端更加有利于巩固新生的政权，这对当今美国处理国际问题同样有借鉴作用

Study on the Peace Diplomacy during the Westward Movement

Abstract: After the independence war, through the Louisiana Purchase, the Oregon Poundary Controversy, the United States expanded wide geographical space they needed for industrialization development and set a precedent of solving the territory problems by diplomacy on the basis of territory expansion. In the complicated diplomatic situation, the United States purchased more than half of American land and realized territory expansion and international status improvement taking advantage of conflicts and disputes by negotiation style of coercion. While meeting its own interests, federal government have been conscious of that the peaceful settlement was more conducive to consolidating the new-born political power, which drawn some references on dealing with international issues for America.