When the Eagle Screamed: The Romantic Horizon in American Expansionism, 1800-1860University of Oklahoma Press, 2000 - 146 sider When the Eagle Screamed argues that America’s expansionism between 1800 and 1860 positioned it against some of the world’s most powerful and aggressive nations. As the United States moved onto the world scene in this age of Manifest Destiny, it clashed with Britain, France, Russia, Spain, and Mexico. |
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ClearEyed Men of Destiny | 1 |
Will You Come to the Bower ? | 21 |
England Beak Talons and All | 38 |
War By the Act of Mexico | 54 |
Gazing Westward Crost the Sea | 92 |
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Referanser til denne boken
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, Volum 1 Alexander DeConde,Richard Dean Burns,Fredrik Logevall Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2001 |