LEADER 03766nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910454008803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-87586-665-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000755333 035 $a(OCoLC)368334375 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10476762 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000647229 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12245300 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647229 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10610799 035 $a(PQKB)10229984 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000225219 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12078312 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225219 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229556 035 $a(PQKB)10812691 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3001702 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3001702 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476762 035 $a(OCoLC)929146429 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000755333 100 $a20080910d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPower and policy$b[electronic resource] $eAmerica's first steps to superpower, 1889-1922 /$fLawrence Lenz 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-87586-663-8 311 $a0-87586-664-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue: 1865-1889 : America grows and changes, as do its old foreign, Army, and naval policies -- Samoa, 1889 : how a hurricane built US battleships--and a military-industrial complex -- Appendix: Excerpts from Secretary of Navy report, 1889 -- Hawaiian "revolution" with an American gunboat -- Venezuela, 1895 : Great Britain vs. the United States, with a little help from the Kaiser -- Spanish-American War, 1898 : how a war to liberate Cuba created a worldwide empire -- Appendix: 1898 messages to George Dewey prior to Spanish-American War -- Philippines, 1899-1902 : America's first overseas guerrilla war and the ideas that won it -- Venezuela, 1902-1903 : the Roosevelt corollary, big stick or big bluff? -- Panama revolution, 1903 : taking Panama or taking advantage in Panama? and Cuba too -- Appendix: Panamanian incidents, 1850-1902 -- Japan, 1904-1908 : the rise of Japan and the Great White Fleet; US Navy vs. the Japanese Navy? -- Appendix A: The Great White Fleet -- Appendix B: Capital ships Japanese fleet -- Nicaragua, 1912 : $ diplomacy : US Marines + US business -- World War, 1917-1918 : fighting the Germans and the allies : President Wilson's surge that worked -- Naval disarmament, 1921 : Washington, DC, Nov. 12, 1921, the greatest naval battle of all time -- Appendix A: Battleships sunk by the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty -- British battleships sunk by the Washington Treaty; Japanese battleships sunk by the Washington Treaty; Great Britain : battleships after the Washington Treaty -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Explanation of naval comparison tables. 606 $aImperialism$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aImperialism$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aGreat powers$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aGreat powers$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1865-1921 607 $aUnited States$xTerritorial expansion 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory 615 0$aGreat powers$xHistory 615 0$aGreat powers$xHistory 676 $a327.73009/034 700 $aLenz$b Lawrence$f1946-$0943986 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454008803321 996 $aPower and policy$92130844 997 $aUNINA