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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lenz, Lawrence, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--History--19th century.

Imperialism.

Imperialism--History--20th century.

Great powers--History--19th century.

Great powers.

Great powers--History--20th century.

United States--Foreign relations--1865-1921.

United States.

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States--Military policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

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

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

Nicaragua, 1912 : $ diplomacy : US Marines + US business

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 Naval Treaty

British battleships sunk by the Washington Treaty; Japanese battleships sunk by the Washington Treaty; Great Britain : battleships after the Washington Treaty

Conclusion

Appendix: Explanation of naval comparison tables.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87586-665-4

OCLC:

368334375