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15. Ibid., 143.
16. Edington, 60-64. The Monroe Doctrine never contested the area known as British
Honduras.
17. Ibid., 65-67. The decision to return the Bay Islands to Honduras narrowly averted war
between Britain and the United States on the premise of the Monroe Doctrine.
18. Ibid., 121.
19. Ibid., 74. The fact that the United States was embroiled in a bitter civil war allowed
France to enter Mexico without any correspondence or warning by the United States with regard to
the Monroe Doctrine.
20. Ibid., 97.
21. Ibid., 103.
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