Strategy, Diplomacy, and Isthmian Canal Security, 1880-1917Florida State University, 1984 - 568 pages |
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... reason appears to me quite simple : to policymakers and strategists alike , it was an area of critical concern , perhaps the most critical . Any study based largely on research in the military files of the area will inevi- tably tend to ...
... reason appears to me quite simple : to policymakers and strategists alike , it was an area of critical concern , perhaps the most critical . Any study based largely on research in the military files of the area will inevi- tably tend to ...
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... reason , the one that has the most powerful navy will attack the commerce of the other , and one of the most promising points of attack would be where the lines of trade converge to this canal ; or one party to the conflict may find it ...
... reason , the one that has the most powerful navy will attack the commerce of the other , and one of the most promising points of attack would be where the lines of trade converge to this canal ; or one party to the conflict may find it ...
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... reason adduced for acquiring the islands was to deny them to an enemy . The report noted that " a well prepared ... reasons not unlike those which The diplomatic and military plans to protect the Pacific flank of the Isthmus between 1898 ...
... reason adduced for acquiring the islands was to deny them to an enemy . The report noted that " a well prepared ... reasons not unlike those which The diplomatic and military plans to protect the Pacific flank of the Isthmus between 1898 ...
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