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Haiti, Smedley Butler, and the Rise of American Empire

Deconstructed

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The Nicaraguan of Revolutionaries

The annexation of the philippines, which has essentially been completed by this point, was so costly and so embarrassing on a political level. William howard taft use another guy whoas everywhere, he was governor general of philippines when the americans annexed it. He's president now. And he comes up with this idea called dollar diplomacy. We're basically, instead of, you know, taking over a country militarily, outright im we're here because brown brothers has got a little moneya is o. One of the things he says in a letter to his parents, did the fake election have something to do?

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