Then theresa may takes questions from the house of commons. Then Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice. Announcer this week on q a, merry talks about his book. You are the author of president mckinley, a new piracy. What was life like a new biography. Then . As going on back the country was expanding and poised to move dramatically into the world. You and i talked about james k. Polk one of my previous subjects, and how he expanded the United States. But mckinley pushed out into the caribbean the way no president had done before. It happened because america was building and Industrial Base and. Conomic growth they were building a navy. Mckinley had a lot to do with it but it was actually before him. They were gaining more and more interest in building the panama canal. With serious up conflict in the caribbean with the spanish empire, which controlled and owned cuba, it was inevitable that we would go to war with spain and basically kick them out of the caribbean and pick up signific
Quite most important thing going on was that the country was emerging and expanding and poised to move dramatically into the well. America is an expansionist country. We talked about james k. Polk and how he expanded the country on the north american continent. Was push out did into the pacific and into the atlantic and into the caribbean in a way to know president had done before. It happened because america was building and Industrial Base and economic growth. They were building a navy. Mckinley had a lot to do with it but it was actually before him. They were gaining more and more interest in building the panama canal. When we ended up with serious conflict in the caribbean with the spanish empire, which controlled and owned cuba, it was inevitable that we would go to war with spain and basically kick them out of the caribbean and pick up significant members of their possessions and become an empire. Brian how would you describe mckinley . If he was in this room, what would he be li