unprincipled peter
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Buenos Aires and New Orleans share in common their ability to choke off commerce upriver. It's why the US wanted NO. It's why Buenos Aires was able to play top dog (by a wide margin) in Argentina. Don't know if that qualifies as 'economic' or military force.
To tie it in with the Boers, they, too, lacked easy access to the sea. Britain worked very hard to keep it that way, for good reason.
To tie it in with the Boers, they, too, lacked easy access to the sea. Britain worked very hard to keep it that way, for good reason.