Strategy, Diplomacy, and Isthmian Canal Security, 1880-1917Florida State University, 1984 - 568 pages |
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... Britain and the Balance of Power in North America , 1815-1908 ( Berkeley and Los Angeles , 1967 ) , chapters iv , v , and vi . Useful also is R. W. Van Alstyne , " The Central American Policy of Lord Palmerston , 1846-1848 , " Hispanic ...
... Britain and the Balance of Power in North America , 1815-1908 ( Berkeley and Los Angeles , 1967 ) , chapters iv , v , and vi . Useful also is R. W. Van Alstyne , " The Central American Policy of Lord Palmerston , 1846-1848 , " Hispanic ...
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... Britain could easily surrender its right to fortify the canal with- out jeopardizing its control over the route . Why else , he asked , did Britain " retain the little barren island Bermuda , and the miserable Bahamas except as ...
... Britain could easily surrender its right to fortify the canal with- out jeopardizing its control over the route . Why else , he asked , did Britain " retain the little barren island Bermuda , and the miserable Bahamas except as ...
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... Britain , which he regarded as America's chief economic competitor and most likely opponent in an armed conflict . Britain's retention of bases threaten- ing the eastern approaches to the Isthmus , its persistent refusal to renegotiate ...
... Britain , which he regarded as America's chief economic competitor and most likely opponent in an armed conflict . Britain's retention of bases threaten- ing the eastern approaches to the Isthmus , its persistent refusal to renegotiate ...
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