Title Admirals, generals, and American foreign policy, 1898-1914 / Richard D. Challener

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1973

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Description viii, 433 pages ; 25 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments ix -- Abbreviations x -- Introduction 3 -- -- CHAPTER ONE: Ideas, Institutions, and Practices -- -- 1. The "World View" of the Military Services 12 -- 2. The Extent of Civil-Military and Interservice Cooperation 45 -- 3. Channels of Communication and Shared Assumptions 62 -- 4. The Difference between American and European Practice 77 -- -- CHAPTER TWO: The Navy in the Caribbean in the -- Age of McKinley and Roosevelt -- -- 1. The Search for Bases 81 -- 2. Venezuela and the Germans 111 -- 3. The Navy in Naboth's Vineyard 119 -- 4. Intervention on the Isthmus 148 -- 5. Cuban and Central American Affairs 163 -- -- CHAPTER THREE: Asia and the American Military, 1898-1909 -- -- 1. The Search for Bases 179 -- 2. The Boxer Rebellion and Military Intervention in China 198 -- 3. The Russians and Manchuria 218 -- -- -- -- -- 4. War Plans in the Pacific and the Rise of Japanese Power 225 -- 5. The War Scare of 1906-07 and the World Cruise of the Fleet 243 -- -- CHAPTER FOUR: Taft and Knox: The Military Dimensions of Dollar Diplomacy -- -- 1. The New Administration 265 -- 2. Far Eastern Issues, 1909-1913 270 -- 3. Central America: Nicaragua and Honduras, "Bigger -- Game than Bananas" 288 -- 4. Miscellaneous Tasks: From Selling Warships to Policing -- Liberian Tribes 315 -- 5. A Familiar Theme: Caribbean Bases and Isthmian Defenses 323 -- 6. Insurrection in the Caribbean: Haiti, Santo Domingo, Cuba 332 -- 7. Mexico: "There is a God in Israel and He is on Duty" 344 -- -- CHAPTER FIVE: Wilson and Bryan: Moralism and Military Power -- -- 1. The Climax of Civil Supremacy 364 -- 2. Crisis with Japan, May 1913 367 -- 3. The Caribbean and the Incident at Tampico 379 -- 4. The Eve of the European War 397 -- -- CHAPTER SIX: Conclusions 401 -- -- Bibliography 413 -- Index 423 Notes Bibliography: p.413-422 Bibliography Bibliography: pages 413-422 SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Political activity. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139877 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-1921. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140083 United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379 LC no. 72000732 ISBN 0691069166

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