This week's episode heads next door to Haiti. We explore why the United States got involved in the first place, Smedley Butler's reconnaissance mission that gathered intelligence for Waller's aggressive campaign, and a heroic mission by two Marines that sounds like it should be a movie.
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References:
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Langley, L. D. (2001). The Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898–1934 (Latin American Silhouettes) (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
McClellan, E. N. (2017). History of the United States Marine Corps (Classic Reprint). Forgotten Books.
Millett, R., & G.D.G. (1976). Administering the Protectorates: The U.S. Occupation of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. U.S. Marines and Irregular Warfare, 1898–2007. Published.
Schmidt, H. (1995). The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915–1934 (Reprint ed.). Rutgers University Press.
United States Department of State. (2001). U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Haiti, 1915–34. United States Department of State.
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