Greytown is no more!: The 1854 Razing of a Central American Port, the U.S. Businesses Behind Its Demise, and the Lasting Foreign Policy Legacy

The U.S. Navy destroyed Greytown in 1854 to avenge an insult to the American Minister to Nicaragua, but the New York Tribune reported the intrigues that doomed the port. This book corrects the record and challenges case law's basis in a gross misapprehension of events.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 277 pages
Publication date: 03 February 2023
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc

In 1854, the U.S. Navy destroyed the Central American port of Greytown as retaliation for an insult to the American Minister to Nicaragua. According to official history, this act was carried out to avenge the insult. However, two weeks later, the New York Tribune revealed the intrigues that led to Greytown's downfall. Greytown had posed a hindrance to the establishment of a colony by a U.S.-owned steamboat company backed by American speculators. The city was leveled in their interests. The U.S. government secretly orchestrated the destruction. When an American sued for damages, he lost, resulting in case law that is still cited to justify military interventions without the congressional approval required by the Constitution. This book sets the record straight regarding the causes of Greytown's destruction and challenges the basis of case law in a gross misapprehension of events.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781476690575