The Purpose of the Nation in the Present War: An Essay. Read Before the Chitchat Club, San Francisco, July 1898Murdock Press, 1898 - 37 pages |
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... territory , there are com- mercial considerations influencing the desire of the nation for territorial aggrandizement . At the close of the War for Independence the United States had no territory on the Gulf of Mexico , and none west of ...
... territory , there are com- mercial considerations influencing the desire of the nation for territorial aggrandizement . At the close of the War for Independence the United States had no territory on the Gulf of Mexico , and none west of ...
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... territory acquired in 1848 by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , comprising 600,000 square miles and embraced within the States of California , Nevada , Utah , about one third of the Territory of New Mexico , and portions of the States ...
... territory acquired in 1848 by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , comprising 600,000 square miles and embraced within the States of California , Nevada , Utah , about one third of the Territory of New Mexico , and portions of the States ...
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... territories as the actual result of war . Up to this point in our history , the policy underlying each instance of territorial acquisition appears to have run on parallel lines . Each of these acquisitions related to con- tiguous territory ...
... territories as the actual result of war . Up to this point in our history , the policy underlying each instance of territorial acquisition appears to have run on parallel lines . Each of these acquisitions related to con- tiguous territory ...
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The Purpose of the Nation in the Present War: An Essay (Classic Reprint) William H. Mills No preview available - 2017 |
The Purpose of the Nation in the Present War: An Essay (Classic Reprint) William H. Mills No preview available - 2016 |
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