{"product_id":"2940013691889","title":"THE PATH OF EMPIRE,A CHRONICLE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A WORLD POWER","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.    THE MONROE DOCTRINE\u003cbr\u003e     II.   CONTROVERSIES WITH GREAT BRITAIN\u003cbr\u003e     III.  ALASKA AND ITS PROBLEMS\u003cbr\u003e     IV.   BLAINE AND PAN-AMERICANISM\u003cbr\u003e     V.    THE UNITED STATES AND THE PACIFIC\u003cbr\u003e     VI.   VENEZUELA\u003cbr\u003e     VII.  THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN\u003cbr\u003e     VIII. DEWEY AND MANILA BAY\u003cbr\u003e     IX.   THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA\u003cbr\u003e     X.    THE PREPARATION OF THE ARMY\u003cbr\u003e     XI.   THE CAMPAIGN OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA\u003cbr\u003e     XII.  THE CLOSE OF THE WAR\u003cbr\u003e     XIII. A PEACE WHICH MEANT WAR\u003cbr\u003e     XIV.  THE OPEN DOOR\u003cbr\u003e     XV.   THE PANAMA CANAL\u003cbr\u003e     XVI.  PROBLEMS OF THE CARIBBEAN\u003cbr\u003e     XVII. WORLD RELATIONSHIPS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PATH OF EMPIRE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. The Monroe Doctrine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1815 the world found peace after twenty-two years of continual war.\u003cbr\u003eIn the forests of Canada and the pampas of South America, throughout\u003cbr\u003eall the countries of Europe, over the plains of Russia and the hills of\u003cbr\u003ePalestine, men and women had known what war was and had prayed that its\u003cbr\u003ehorrors might never return. In even the most autocratic states subjects\u003cbr\u003eand rulers were for once of one mind: in the future war must be\u003cbr\u003eprevented. To secure peace forever was the earnest desire of two\u003cbr\u003estatesmen so strongly contrasted as the impressionable Czar Alexander\u003cbr\u003eI of Russia, acclaimed as the \"White Angel\" and the \"Universal Savior,\"\u003cbr\u003eand Prince Metternich, the real ruler of Austria, the spider who was\u003cbr\u003efor the next thirty years to spin the web of European secret diplomacy.\u003cbr\u003eWhile the Czar invited all governments to unite in a \"Holy Alliance\" to\u003cbr\u003eprevent war, Metternich for the same purpose formed the less holy but\u003cbr\u003emore powerful \"Quadruple Alliance\" of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and\u003cbr\u003eEngland.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083223974128,"sku":"2940013691889","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013691889_p0.jpg?v=1763584579","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013691889","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}