Strategy, Diplomacy, and Isthmian Canal Security, 1880-1917Florida State University, 1984 - 568 pages |
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Page 68
... Maintaining rigid control over the canal was imperative , he argued , because of its strategic significance . He ... maintain a large Caribbean fleet and enable the United States to assert quickly its mastery over either seaboard.35 ...
... Maintaining rigid control over the canal was imperative , he argued , because of its strategic significance . He ... maintain a large Caribbean fleet and enable the United States to assert quickly its mastery over either seaboard.35 ...
Page 124
... maintain some measure of control over Cuba's destiny . The primary responsibility for negotiating the settlement fell upon the shoulders of Secretary of War Elihu Root and his agent in Cuba , General Leonard Wood , commander in chief of ...
... maintain some measure of control over Cuba's destiny . The primary responsibility for negotiating the settlement fell upon the shoulders of Secretary of War Elihu Root and his agent in Cuba , General Leonard Wood , commander in chief of ...
Page 134
... maintain the Monroe Doctrine . " In that event , the United States would have to undertake a two - part campaign : First , dislodge the enemy from its bases in the southern Caribbean and establish an American base at Martinique ; and ...
... maintain the Monroe Doctrine . " In that event , the United States would have to undertake a two - part campaign : First , dislodge the enemy from its bases in the southern Caribbean and establish an American base at Martinique ; and ...
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