Manifest Destiny's Underworld by Robert E May
Robert May offers an imaginative new approach to antebellum America's notorious ""filibusters"" - the adventurers who organized or participated in private military attacks on nations with which the United States was formally at peace. Condemned abroad as pirates, the filibusters were often celebrated at home as heroes who epitomized the spirit of Manifest Destiny. Many explains the romantic, mercenary, ideological, and psychological desires that drove thousands of men to join filibustering expeditions; how they were financed; and why the U.S. government had little success in curtailing them. He also reveals the legacy of anti-Americanism that filibustering generated in Latin America, where people regarded the attackers much the way we look upon international terrorists today.
"This is a major new book that merits the close perusal of anyone concerned with mid-nineteenth-century America" - Pacific Historical Review"
Robert E. May is professor of history at Purdue University. He is the author of John A. Quitman: Old South Crusader (1985) and editor of The Union, The Confederacy, and the Atlantic Rim (1995).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780807855812 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807855812 |
| Title | Manifest Destiny's Underworld |
| Author | Robert E May |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 2004-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 440 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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