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Greytown Is No More!: The 1854 Razing of a Central American Port, the U.S. Businesses Behind Its Demise, and the Lasting Foreign Policy Legacy - Couverture souple

Soper, Will

 
9781476690575: Greytown Is No More!: The 1854 Razing of a Central American Port, the U.S. Businesses Behind Its Demise, and the Lasting Foreign Policy Legacy
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ISBN 10 : 147669057X ISBN 13 : 9781476690575
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2023

Synopsis

The Central American port of Greytown was destroyed by the U.S. Navy in 1854- to "avenge an insult to the American Minister to Nicaragua," according to official history. Two weeks later, the New York Tribune reported the intrigues that really doomed the port: Greytown had been a hindrance to the supremacy of a U.S.-owned steamboat company and to the colonization plans of American land speculators. Both interests used pretexts to convince the U.S. government to level the town. When an American sued for damages, he lost, resulting in a case law still cited to justify military interventions without the Congressional approval required by the Constitution. This book corrects the record regarding the causes of Greytown's destruction, and challenges the case law, based as it is on a gross misapprehension of events.

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À propos de l'auteur

Will Soper was a journalist for twenty years before becoming a graphic artist. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
147669057X
ISBN 13 
9781476690575
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
262
Coordonnées du fabricant
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