First Great Triumph How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power

Name: First Great Triumph How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power
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ISBN: 9780374528935

ISBN-10: 0374528934

ISBN-13: 9780374528935

Edition: 2002

Authors: Warren Zimmermann

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"We were sure that we would win, that we should score the first great triumph in a mighty world-movement."--Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 Americans like to think they have no imperial past. In fact, the United States became an imperial nation within five short years a century ago (1898-1903), exploding onto the international scene with the conquest of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, and (indirectly) Panama. How did the nation become a player in world politics so suddenly-and what inspired the move toward imperialism in the first place? The renowned diplomat and writer Warren Zimmermann seeks answers in the lives and relationships of five remarkable figures: the…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 1/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Introduction: Rising Empire



The Music Makers



The Expansionist Impulse



The Favor of Fortune



A Pen-and-Ink Sailor



A Lawyer's Duty



Dauntless Intolerance



So Brilliant and Aggressive a Man



Imperial America



Island Fortress, Cuban Blood



The Supreme Triumphs of War



Jingoes and Goo-goos



The White Man's Burdens



The Imperial Presidency



America's Century


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index