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Empire by Invitation

- William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central America

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Michel Gobat traces the first U.S. overseas empire to William Walker, a believer in the nation's manifest destiny to spread not only westward but abroad. In the 1850s Walker and a band of expansionists migrated to Nicaragua to free the masses from allegedly despotic elites. But what began with promises of liberation devolved into a reign of terror.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674737495
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 384
  • Udgivet:
  • 2. april 2018
  • Størrelse:
  • 243x164x39 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 746 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 21. november 2024

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Michel Gobat traces the first U.S. overseas empire to William Walker, a believer in the nation's manifest destiny to spread not only westward but abroad. In the 1850s Walker and a band of expansionists migrated to Nicaragua to free the masses from allegedly despotic elites. But what began with promises of liberation devolved into a reign of terror.

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