Power and policy : America's first steps to superpower, 1889-1922 /

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Through its military policy and foreign policy, America attained superpower status in a remarkably short period of time. Nations survive based on their ability to provide internal order and external defense. Unfortunately, foreign policy goals are not always attained, and sometimes those goals are b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lenz, Lawrence, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2008.
Temas:
1800-1999
Imperialism > History > 19th century.
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
Great powers > History > 19th century.
Great powers > History > 20th century.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Grandes puissances > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Grandes puissances > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Great powers
Imperialism
Diplomatic relations
Military policy
Territorial expansion
United States > Foreign relations > 1865-1921.
United States > Territorial expansion.
United States > Military policy.
United States > Colonial question.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1865-1921.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: 1865-1889 : America grows and changes, as do its old foreign, Army, and naval policies
  • Samoa, 1889 : how a hurricane built US battleships--and a military-industrial complex
  • Appendix: Excerpts from Secretary of Navy report, 1889
  • Hawaiian "revolution" with an American gunboat
  • Appendix: Analysis of the executive and advisory councils
  • Venezuela, 1895 : Great Britain vs. the United States, with a little help from the Kaiser
  • Spanish-American War, 1898 : how a war to liberate Cuba created a worldwide empire
  • Appendix: 1898 messages to George Dewey prior to Spanish-American War
  • Philippines, 1899-1902 : America's first overseas guerrilla war and the ideas that won it
  • Venezuela, 1902-1903 : the Roosevelt corollary, big stick or big bluff?
  • Panama revolution, 1903 : taking Panama or taking advantage in Panama? and Cuba too
  • Appendix: Panamanian incidents, 1850-1902
  • Japan, 1904-1908 : the rise of Japan and the Great White Fleet; US Navy vs. the Japanese Navy?
  • Appendix A: The Great White Fleet
  • Appendix B: Capital ships Japanese fleet
  • Appendix C: Japanese ships in Yokohama
  • Nicaragua, 1912 : $ diplomacy : US Marines + US business
  • Mexico 1914 : Moral (oil?) diplomacy, naval blockade and Pancho Villa : Appendix: Naval landing force at Vercruz
  • World War, 1917-1918 : fighting the Germans and the allies : President Wilson's surge that worked
  • Naval disarmament, 1921 : Washington, DC, Nov. 12, 1921, the greatest naval battle of all time
  • Appendix A: Battleships sunk by the 1922 Washington Treaty
  • Appendix B: Major naval powers after the Washington treaty
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Explanation of naval comparison tables.

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