A World Safe for Capitalism: Dollar Diplomacy and America's Rise to Global Power

by Cyrus Veeser

Book Overview

This award-winning book provides a unique window on how America began to intervene in world affairs. In exploring what might be called the prehistory of Dollar Diplomacy, Cyrus Veeser brings together developments in New York, Washington, Santo Domingo, Brussels, and London. Theodore Roosevelt plays a leading role in the story as do State Department officials, Caribbean rulers, Democratic party leaders, bankers, economists, international lawyers, sugar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231125860
• ISBN13: 9780231125864
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher