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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Path of Empire, by Carl Russell Fish This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Path of Empire A Chronicle of the United States as a World Power, Volume 46 in The Chronicles of America Series Author: Carl Russell Fish Editor: Allen Johnson Posting Date: February 28, 2009 [EBook #3157] Release Date: April, 2002 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PATH OF EMPIRE *** Produced by The James J. Kelly Library of St. Gregory's University, Alev Akman, and Dianne Bean THE PATH OF EMPIRE, A CHRONICLE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A WORLD POWER By Carl Russell Fish CONTENTS I. THE MONROE DOCTRINE II. CONTROVERSIES WITH GREAT BRITAIN III. ALASKA AND ITS PROBLEMS IV. BLAINE AND PAN-AMERICANISM V. THE UNITED STATES AND THE PACIFIC VI. VENEZUELA VII. THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN VIII. DEWEY AND MANILA BAY IX. THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA X. THE PREPARATION OF THE ARMY XI. THE CAMPAIGN OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA XII. THE CLOSE OF THE WAR XIII. A PEACE WHICH MEANT WAR XIV. THE OPEN DOOR XV. THE PANAMA CANAL XVI. PROBLEMS OF THE CARIBBEAN XVII. WORLD RELATIONSHIPS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE THE PATH OF EMPIRE CHAPTER I. The Monroe Doctrine In 1815 the world found peace after twenty-two years of continual war. In the forests of Canada and the pampas of South America, throughout all the countries of Europe, over the plains of Russia and the hills of Palestine, men and women had known what war was and had prayed that its horrors might never return. In even the most autocratic states subjects and rulers were for once of one mind: in the future war must be prevented. To secure peace forever was the earnest desire of two statesmen so strongly contrasted as the impressionable Czar Alexander I of Russia, acclaimed as the "White Angel" and the "Universal Savior," and Prince Metternich, the real ruler of Austria, the spider who was for the next thirty years to spin the web of European secret diplomacy. While the Czar invited all governments to unite in a
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