American gunboat diplomacy and the old Navy, 1877-1889
[Book]
[by] Kenneth J. Hagan.
Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press
[1973]
x, 262 pages ;
21 cm.
Contributions in military history,
no. 4
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254).
Three admirals debate naval strategy -- Junior officers join the debate -- The Navy in Liberia and the Congo -- Cruising in East African waters -- Expanding commerce into the Indian Ocean -- Protecting western interests in China -- Naval diplomacy in the Eastern Pacific -- Defining American interest in the isthmus -- Intervention in Panama -- The implications of commercialism.
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American gunboat diplomacy and the old Navy, 1877-1889.