Description
First edition of American Policy in Nicaragua by Henry L. Stimson, future Secretary of State.
Octavo, 129pp. Red cloth, title printed on label affixed to spine. Light rubbing to cloth panel. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $1.25 price on front flap, light rubbing along edges, a near fine example. In 1927, Secretary Stimson was asked to travel to Nicaragua by President Coolidge to investigate the current conditions of the country and report on U.S. naval forces stationed there. This book was his public report on the trip.
Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) served as Secretary of War under President William Howard Taft, Secretary of State under President Herbert Hoover, and Secretary of War again during World War II under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Stimson played a crucial role in shaping U.S. policy during significant historical events, including the implementation of the Stimson Doctrine in 1932, which articulated U.S. opposition to territorial expansion through aggression, and his oversight of the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb. He passed away in 1950.
