Strategy, Diplomacy, and Isthmian Canal Security, 1880-1917Florida State University, 1984 - 568 pages |
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Page 79
... wrote privately that the Nicaragua canal and Cuba were the two most important issues facing the country . Nevertheless , Lodge was not a jingo , but a careful , pragmatic nationalist . In the drift toward war he above all sought to ...
... wrote privately that the Nicaragua canal and Cuba were the two most important issues facing the country . Nevertheless , Lodge was not a jingo , but a careful , pragmatic nationalist . In the drift toward war he above all sought to ...
Page 191
... wrote . " We power . have announced again and again we do not want them ourselves and will not allow Ecuador to sell them to any non - American " 28 Root expressed doubt that any European country seriously wanted to buy the islands ...
... wrote . " We power . have announced again and again we do not want them ourselves and will not allow Ecuador to sell them to any non - American " 28 Root expressed doubt that any European country seriously wanted to buy the islands ...
Page 236
... wrote the President of the Army War College , were " based on sentimental grounds rather than a careful study of the interests of our Government and a rational estimate of the great nations engaged in commercial competition . We should ...
... wrote the President of the Army War College , were " based on sentimental grounds rather than a careful study of the interests of our Government and a rational estimate of the great nations engaged in commercial competition . We should ...
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