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Book Series
Historical
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Adults
Inscribed
No
Edition
First Edition
Type
Chronicle
Item Height
9.25 in
Features
Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9780374179397
Publication Year
2002
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
First Great Triumph : How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power
Author
Gale Ross, Warren Zimmermann
Item Length
9in
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Military / United States, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, United States / General, Historical
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
32.9 Oz
Number of Pages
576 Pages

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"We were sure that we would win, that we should score the first great triumph in a mighty world-movement."-Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 Americans like to think they have no imperial past. In fact, the United States became an imperial nation within five short years a century ago (1898-1903), exploding onto the international scene with the conquest of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, and (indirectly) Panama. How did the nation become a player in world politics so suddenly-and what inspired the move toward imperialism in the first place? The renowned diplomat and writer Warren Zimmermann seeks answers in the lives and relationships of five remarkable figures: the hyper-energetic Theodore Roosevelt, the ascetic naval strategist Alfred T. Mahan, the bigoted and wily Henry Cabot Lodge, the self-doubting moderate Secretary of State John Hay, and the hard-edged corporate lawyer turned colonial administrator Elihu Root. Faced with difficult choices, these extraordinary men, all close friends, instituted new political and diplomatic policies with intermittent audacity, arrogance, generosity, paternalism, and vision. Zimmermann's discerning account of these five men also examines the ways they exploited the readiness of the American people to support a surge of expansion overseas. He makes it clear why no discussion of America's international responsibilities today can be complete without understanding how the United States claimed its global powers a century ago.

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Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374179395
ISBN-13
9780374179397
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
First Great Triumph : How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power
Author
Gale Ross, Warren Zimmermann
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Military / United States, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, United States / General, Historical
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
576 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
32.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E663.Z46 2002
Reviews
"Riveting . . . A fascinating visit to an era that has received far too little attention." -Foreign Affairs
Copyright Date
2002
Lccn
2002-025015
Dewey Decimal
973/.09/9 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by vega57
    Nov 11, 2010

    First Great Triumph

    Warren Zimmerman's book was based on a subject which has always intrigued me...[In which particular decade(s) of the nineteenth century did post Civil War America begin the journey of becoming a world power]. Zimmermann's book focuses on five men: Theodore Roosevelt, Alfred Thayer Mahan, John Hay, Elihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge as the visionary forces leading America's transition from a newly formed continental power to a nation of international importance. As a student of naval history, of the five visionaries, my favorites were naturally Roosevelt and Mahan. The book is balanced, well written and sheds light on what steps America had to take on becomming first a colonial power (over the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, and Puerto Rico) then moving forward to become a world class ...

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