Guantanamo an american history hansen jonathan m isbn 9780809053414 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. In guantanamo an american history jonathan m hansen presents the first complete account of this fascinating place the us presence at guantanamo predates even the nation itself as the bay figured centrally in the imperial expansion plans of colonist and british sailor lawrence washington half brother of the future president george as the young united states rose in power thomas jefferson and his followers envisioned a vast empire of liberty which hinged on us control of the . But hansen goes further to argue that for over a century guantanamo provided the laboratory and staging area where us imperial ambition could be implemented beyond the scrutiny of the american public and the constraint of us law p 350 the first of these moves was the notorious platt amendment of 1903 the article inserted by us officials into the nascent cuban constitution conditioned cuban independence on granting the united states naval bases and the right to intervene . In guantanamo an american history jonathan m hansen presents the first complete account of this fascinating place the us presence at guantanamo predates even the nation itself as the bay figured centrally in the imperial expansion plans of colonist and british sailor lawrence washington half brother of the future president george