附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Narciso Lopez's predecessors -- Harry Maury's America -- America's second sin -- John Goddard's lesson -- Samuel Hay's puzzlement -- Francis Smith's integrity -- New York's visitors -- State Department's albatross -- Judge Campbell's nightmare.
摘要:This fascinating study sheds new light on antebellum America's notorious ""filibusters""--the freebooters and adventurers who organized or participated in armed invasions of nations with whom the United States was formally at peace. Offering the first full-scale analysis of the filibustering movement, Robert May relates the often-tragic stories of illegal expeditions into Cuba, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and other Latin American countries and details surprising numbers of aborted plots, as well. May investigates why thousands of men joined filibustering expeditions, how they were fina.
