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"Greytown is no more!" : the 1854 razing of a Central American Port, the U.S. businesses behind its demise, and the lasting foreign policy legacy / Will Soper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soper, Will, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- San Juan del Norte (Nicaragua)--History.
- San Juan del Norte (Nicaragua).
- Bombardment--Nicaragua--San Juan del Norte--History--19th century.
- Bombardment.
- United States--History, Naval--19th century.
- United States.
- Offenses against property--Nicaragua--San Juan del Norte--History--19th century.
- Offenses against property.
- Port cities--Nicaragua--History--19th century.
- Port cities.
- United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]
- Summary:
- "The Central American port of Greytown was destroyed by the U.S. Navy in 1854 to "avenge an insult to the American Minister to Nicaragua," according to official history. Two weeks later, the New York Tribune reported the intrigues that really doomed the port: Greytown had been a hindrance to the supremacy of a U.S.-owned steamboat company and to the colonization plans of American land speculators. Both interests used pretexts to convince the U.S. government to level the town. When an American sued for damages, he lost, resulting in a case law still cited to justify military interventions without the Congressional approval required by the Constitution. This book corrects the record regarding the causes of Greytown's destruction, and challenges the case law, based as it is on a gross misapprehension of events"-- Provided by publisher
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed March 13th, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781476648583
- 1476648581
- Publisher Number:
- 99993183403
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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