Cables, Crises, and the Press : The Geopolitics of the New Information System in the Americas, 1866-1903.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Main Themes and Organization of the Book -- 1: Introduction to the New International Information System -- 2: Building the International Cable System -- 3: Raising False Hopes: International Communications and International Crises in Latin America, 1866-1881 -- 4: War, Diplomacy, and Propaganda: Chilean-U.S. Relations, 1866-1880s -- 5: European Intrusions, Domestic Disorder, and U.S. Armed Intervention: Central America in the 1880s -- 6: Confrontation via the Information System: Chile and the United States, 1889-1892 -- 7: Popularization of the Imperial Mentality: From Border Crisis to Hemispheric Hegemony -- 8: Propaganda, Public Uproar, and the Threat of War: The United States, Great Britain, and the Venezuelan Boundary Controversy -- 9: Information Flow and Revolution: Cuba, Spain, and the United States -- 10: Diplomacy Under Stress: Washington, Havana, and Madrid -- 11: Information Flow, the U.S. Press, and the War with Spain -- 12: The Panama Conspiracy -- 13: Celebrations of Heroism and Power -- Conclusion: The Ominous Triumph of Popular Culture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.