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Tycoon's war : how Cornelius Vanderbilt invaded a country to overthrow America's most famous military adventurer / Stephen Dando-Collins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2008.Description: vii, 373 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780306816079
  • 0306816075
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972 D177t
LOC classification:
  • F1526.27 .D36 2008
Contents:
1. Gun-Barrel Diplomacy -- 2. Down, but Not Out -- 3. Enter the Colonel -- 4. Landing Behind Enemy Lines -- 5. The Battle of Rivas -- 6. Victory at La Virgen -- 7. Walker's Secret Plan -- 8. Taking Granada -- 9. The Walker Way -- 10. Closing In on the Prize -- 11. On a Collision Course -- 12. Blindsiding Vanderbilt -- 13. The Gathering Storm -- 14. Going to War with Walker -- 15. The Battle of Santa Rosa -- 16. Courts-Martial and Firing Squads -- 17. A Killing or Two -- 18. The Second Battle of Rivas -- 19. President Walker -- 20. Battles on All Fronts -- 21. New Battlegrounds -- 22. Wheeling and Dealing -- 23. Here Was Granada -- 24. Closing Nicaragua's Back Door -- 25. Operation San Juan -- 26. To the Victor, the Spoils -- 27. The Surrender -- The Protagonists' Motives.
Review: "Tycoon's War tells the story of an epic imperialist duel - a violent battle of the capitalist versus the idealist, money versus ambition, and a monumental clash of egos that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Americans." "Written by Stephen Dando-Collins, this incredible true story, impeccably researched. and never before told in full, is packed with greed, intrigue, and some of the most hair-raising battle scenes ever written. The story of the great tycoon's war reverberates to this day, telling us as much about where America is going as where it has been."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-346) and index.

1. Gun-Barrel Diplomacy -- 2. Down, but Not Out -- 3. Enter the Colonel -- 4. Landing Behind Enemy Lines -- 5. The Battle of Rivas -- 6. Victory at La Virgen -- 7. Walker's Secret Plan -- 8. Taking Granada -- 9. The Walker Way -- 10. Closing In on the Prize -- 11. On a Collision Course -- 12. Blindsiding Vanderbilt -- 13. The Gathering Storm -- 14. Going to War with Walker -- 15. The Battle of Santa Rosa -- 16. Courts-Martial and Firing Squads -- 17. A Killing or Two -- 18. The Second Battle of Rivas -- 19. President Walker -- 20. Battles on All Fronts -- 21. New Battlegrounds -- 22. Wheeling and Dealing -- 23. Here Was Granada -- 24. Closing Nicaragua's Back Door -- 25. Operation San Juan -- 26. To the Victor, the Spoils -- 27. The Surrender -- The Protagonists' Motives.

"Tycoon's War tells the story of an epic imperialist duel - a violent battle of the capitalist versus the idealist, money versus ambition, and a monumental clash of egos that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Americans." "Written by Stephen Dando-Collins, this incredible true story, impeccably researched. and never before told in full, is packed with greed, intrigue, and some of the most hair-raising battle scenes ever written. The story of the great tycoon's war reverberates to this day, telling us as much about where America is going as where it has been."--BOOK JACKET.

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