American Colonial Empire
Overview page.
At the Cold War's height, the historian Bernard De Voto proposed that “one of the facts which define the United States is that its national and its imperial boundaries are ...
Chaco War
Overview page. Subjects: World History.
(1932–35)
A conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia. The Gran Chaco, an extensive lowland plain, had been an object of dispute between the two countries since the early 19th century,...
Cordell Hull
Overview page. Subjects: Warfare and Defence — History.
(b. 2 Oct. 1871, d. 23 July 1955).
US Secretary of State 1933–44 Born in Overton County, Tennessee, he studied at the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, and Cumberland...
dollar diplomacy
Overview page. Subjects: World History — United States History.
A term used to describe foreign policies designed to subserve US business interests. It was first applied to the policy of President Taft, whereby investments and loans, supported and...
Haiti
Overview page. Subjects: History — Literature.
House of Dessalines
House of Christophe
House of Soulouque
Heinl, R. D., Jr., and N. G. Heinl, Written in Blood: the Story of the...
Nicaragua
Overview page. Subjects: World History.
The largest country in Central America, bounded on the north by Honduras and on the south by Costa Rica.
Physical.
Nicaragua has a south-western-facing coast on the...
Pan American Union.
Overview page. Subjects: United States History.
The First International Conference of American States, held in Washington, D.C., in 1889–1890, established the foundations of the Pan American Union. Initially called the Commercial Bureau...
pan-Americanism
Overview page. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945) — World History.
The movement towards economic, military, political, and social cooperation among the 21 republics of South, Central, and North America. The first Pan-American conference was held in 1889 in...
protectorate
Overview page. Subjects: United States History — International Law.
‘An arrangement may be entered into whereby one state, while retaining to some extent its separate identity as a state, is subject to a kind of guardianship by another state. ...
