[PEN-L:760] Re: Controlling sea-lanes and Apaches

[James Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Louis, did you write this piece yourself or are you quoting someone?

two comments:

it's implict in the essay but should be made explicit that the turning
outward of US (white male) ambitions was in some ways simply the
continuation of a trend: immediately after the US conquered the Indians, it
turned to conquering new areas.

Also, a minor point: one of the reasons for the obsolescence of the US
fleet in the 1880s was that after the Civil War there was a period of
extreme corruption in which large numbers of "iron clads" had been built
that weren't needed at all. This overinvestment -- and the scandal --
discouraged new naval investment for awhile.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx &
http://clawww.lmu.edu/Departments/ECON/jdevine.html