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Empire by Invitation

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Empire by Invitation

By Michel Gobat

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About the book

Michel Gobat traces the untold story of the rise and fall of the first U.S. overseas empire to William Walker, a believer in the nation's manifest destiny to spread its blessings not only westward but abroad as well.In the 1850s Walker and a small group of U.S. expansionists migrated to Nicaragua determined to forge a tropical "empire of liberty." His quest to free Central American masses from allegedly despotic elites initially enjoyed strong local support from liberal Nicaraguans who hoped U.S...Show more

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9780674737495

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2018

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1

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Empire by Invitation

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Hardcover

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