| Description |
1 online resource (x, 269 pages, 12 pages of plates) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-265) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-1921.
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United States. |
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1865-1921 |
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United States -- Territorial expansion.
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Territorial expansion. |
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United States -- Military policy.
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Military policy. |
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Imperialism -- History -- 19th century.
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Imperialism. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Imperialism -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Great powers -- History -- 19th century.
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Great powers. |
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Great powers -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lenz, Lawrence, 1946- Power and policy. New York : Algora Pub., ©2008 9780875866635 0875866638 (DLC) 2008039948 (OCoLC)249136722 |
| ISBN |
9780875866659 (electronic book) |
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0875866654 (electronic book) |
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0875866638 (Trade Paper) |
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9780875866635 (Trade Paper) |
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9780875866635 (soft cover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780875866642 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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