Power and policy
Subtitle: America's first steps to superpower, 1889-1922
By: Lawrence Lenz.
Publisher: Algora Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780875866635; 9780875866642; 9780875866659
Subjects: Imperialism -- History -- 19th century; Imperialism -- History -- 20th century; Great powers -- History -- 19th century; Great powers -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-1921; United States -- Territorial expansion; United States -- Military policy
Description: "Through its military policy and foreign policy, America attained superpower status in a remarkably short period of time. Nations survive based on their ability to provide internal order and external defense. Unfortunately, foreign policy goals are not always attained, and sometimes those goals are based on questionable concepts. Power and Policy examines the relationship of the US military and naval power with its foreign policy objectives, exploring the policies and the use of force that propelled the United States into the first ranks of world power. The book asks when military action is needed and how such action can change the very context within which foreign policy unfolds. The study focuses on twelve major decisive events in history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including: a hurricane in Samoa and its effect on the German and US navies, the outcomes that followed the Spanish-American War, the role of Panama in the development of a trans-continental powerhouse, the US approach to southern neighbors including Nicaragua and Mexico, maneuvering for a stronger global position at the conclusion of World War I, and the establishment of naval parity with Great Britain. The facts, background and analysis enable readers to understand interventions that defined and then re-defined United States foreign policy for the rest of the 20th century."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: 1865-1889 : America grows and changes, as do its old foreign, Army, and naval policies; title: Samoa, 1889 : how a hurricane built US battleships; title: and a military-industrial complex; title: Appendix: Excerpts from Secretary of Navy report, 1889; title: Hawaiian "revolution" with an American gunboat; title: Venezuela, 1895 : Great Britain vs. the United States, with a little help from the Kaiser; title: Spanish-American War, 1898 : how a war to liberate Cuba created a worldwide empire; title: Appendix: 1898 messages to George Dewey prior to Spanish-American War; title: Philippines, 1899-1902 : America's first overseas guerrilla war and the ideas that won it; title: Venezuela, 1902-1903 : the Roosevelt corollary, big stick or big bluff?; title: Panama revolution, 1903 : taking Panama or taking advantage in Panama? and Cuba too; title: Appendix: Panamanian incidents, 1850-1902; title: Japan, 1904-1908 : the rise of Japan and the Great White Fleet; US Navy vs. the Japanese Navy?; title: Appendix A: The Great White Fleet; title: Appendix B: Capital ships Japanese fleet; title: Nicaragua, 1912 : $ diplomacy : US Marines + US business; title: World War, 1917-1918 : fighting the Germans and the allies : President Wilson's surge that worked; title: Naval disarmament, 1921 : Washington, DC, Nov. 12, 1921, the greatest naval battle of all time; title: Appendix A: Battleships sunk by the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty; title: British battleships sunk by the Washington Treaty; Japanese battleships sunk by the Washington Treaty; Great Britain : battleships after the Washington Treaty; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: Explanation of naval comparison tables.