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Secret wars and secret policies in the Americas, 1842-1929 / Friedrich E. Schuler.

Author/creator Schuler, Friedrich Engelbert, 1960-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,
Descriptionxi, 564 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents [Pt.] I. Imperial powers turn ethnic people into a security threat (1860-1914). Before European and Japanese governments manipulated immigrants in the Americas -- Becoming useful : the first Japanese and German experiments with ethnic manipulations in the West -- Mexico discovers Japan as a potential strategic wedge against the United States -- [pt.] II. The secret warfare that established the benchmark for future Allied war fears (1910-18). The Mexican Revolution : the first complex Japanese policy in Latin America beyond diplomacy -- Four waves of secret warfare -- Japan's navy exploits the opportunities World War I offers -- President Carranza explores warfare against the United States : certainly not a victim -- The war breaks all certainties of imperialism : the Battle of Jutland and the collapse of Allied war financing -- The Zimmerman telegram and its aftermath : a research update -- Argentina's president HipĆ³lito Irigoyen : personalist hispanista secret diplomacy -- [pt.] III. In expectation of failure of the League of Nations (1919-22). Venustiano Carranza and Japanese spies move next to ethnic businessmen and emigrants in Latin America (1919-22) -- Argentina imagines arming itself in the midst of more Japanese spying -- [pt.] IV. Not acting as U.S., British, and French political idealists had hoped (1922-24). Latin American diplomats assert a policy of armed peace -- Italian, German, and Japanese governments and Soviet communists resume manipulations of ethnic communities and workers in the Americas (1923) -- Spain's elites lay the foundations for a global Iberian commonwealth -- [pt.] V. Forging military connections for the transnational fascism of the 1930s (1925-28). Now that we can arm freely -- Primo de Rivera and Alfonso XIII exploit Germany's secret rearmament -- [pt.] VI. In place of an end : a sketch of the new round of secret activities.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 542-553) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010035385
ISBN9780826344892 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0826344895 (cloth : alk. paper)

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