3. Our Mid-Pacific possessions. E. J. Carpenter, America in Hawaii, pp. 192-251; J. M. Callahan, American Relations in the Pacific and the Far East, pp. 114-145.
4. World competition for oil. F. A. Talbot, The Oil Conquest of the World, pp. 17-34; F. R. Kellogg, The Mexican Oil Situation (in Clark University Addresses, Mexico and the Caribbean, pp. 54-72).
5. The United States in Panama. C. L. Jones, Caribbean Interests of the United States, pp. 193-228; Ralph Page, Dramatic Moments in American Diplomacy, pp. 227-259; Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography, pp. 553-571.
6. America’s interest in China. W. E. Griffin, America in the East, pp. 203-225; B. A. Robinson, America’s Business Opportunity in China (in Clark University Addresses, Recent Developments in China, pp. 237-255; also Clark University Lectures, China and the Far East, pp. 95-119).
7. The United States and the Latin American republics. J. H. Latané, America as a World Power, pp. 269-284; C. E. Jones, Caribbean Interests of the United States, pp. 106-124.
8. Isolation as an American policy. A. B. Hart, Foundations of American Foreign Policy, pp. 1-52; J. H. Latané, From Isolation to Leadership, pp. 3-53.
9. America’s maritime power. E. N. Hurley, The New Merchant Marine, pp. 122-166; A. T. Mahan, The Interest of America in Sea Power, pp. 3-27.
10. America’s interest in the reconstruction of Europe. D. J. Hill, The Rebuilding of Europe, pp. 236-282; Walter Weyl, The End of the War, pp. 50-72; R. S. Baker, What Wilson Did at Paris, pp. 3-35.
Questions
1. Give reasons why a policy of isolation was possible during the first three-quarters of the nineteenth century.