Die Preussisch-deutsche Marine in Lateinamerika 1866-1914

Wiechmann, G: 2002 Hauschild Bremen, hardcover with dust jacket, 213 pages, illustrated. Gerhard Wiechmann examines how the Prussian and later German navy operated in Latin American waters as an instrument of “gunboat diplomacy”, protecting German commercial interests and influencing regional politics between 1866 and the outbreak of the First World War. The book analyses key crises and naval deployments along the coasts of Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Peru and Mexico to show how a rising German sea power experimented with overseas presence and coercive diplomacy long before 1914 ISBN 9783897571426 / 3897571420 In very good condition