Admirals, Generals, and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1914

by Richard D. Challener

Book Overview

After the Spanish-American War the United States, both by design and by accident, became involved in the Caribbean and the Far East on a scale that would have seemed highly improbable before 1898. As an emerging world power, the United States had to grapple with new issues, among them the role of military men and military power in protecting and advancing America's position in the world.

Richard D. Challener has examined civil-military relationships...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691069166
• ISBN13: 9780691069166
• Release Date: March 1973
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.