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Dollar Diplomacy by Force
Ellen D. Tillman
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Description for Dollar Diplomacy by Force
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJD; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
In the early twentieth century, the United States set out to guarantee economic and political stability in the Caribbean without intrusive and controversial military interventions-and ended up achieving exactly the opposite. Using military and government records from the United States and the Dominican Republic, this work investigates the extent to which early twentieth-century U.S. involvement in the Dominican Republic fundamentally changed both Dominican history and the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. Successive U.S. interventions based on a policy of ""dollar diplomacy"" led to military occupation and contributed to a drastic shifting of the Dominican social order, as well as centralized ... Read more
In the early twentieth century, the United States set out to guarantee economic and political stability in the Caribbean without intrusive and controversial military interventions-and ended up achieving exactly the opposite. Using military and government records from the United States and the Dominican Republic, this work investigates the extent to which early twentieth-century U.S. involvement in the Dominican Republic fundamentally changed both Dominican history and the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. Successive U.S. interventions based on a policy of ""dollar diplomacy"" led to military occupation and contributed to a drastic shifting of the Dominican social order, as well as centralized ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469626956
SKU
V9781469626956
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About Ellen D. Tillman
Ellen D. Tillman is assistant professor of history at Texas State University, San Marcos, USA.
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