
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Founder of the Annexation Club, Lorrin Thurston, organised a ‘Committee of Safety’ to overthrow Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani. Crucial to this effort was the presence of the USS Boston and 162 American Marines, who came ashore ostensibly to protect US citizens, but in reality ensuring the coup would be a success.
Sources: Stephen Kinzer’s Overthrow, America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Documentary film, Hawaii: The Stolen Paradise
Donations in support of the show can be made at: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZL2DQE3EK446C
By Richard Cox4.4
2020 ratings
Founder of the Annexation Club, Lorrin Thurston, organised a ‘Committee of Safety’ to overthrow Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani. Crucial to this effort was the presence of the USS Boston and 162 American Marines, who came ashore ostensibly to protect US citizens, but in reality ensuring the coup would be a success.
Sources: Stephen Kinzer’s Overthrow, America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Documentary film, Hawaii: The Stolen Paradise
Donations in support of the show can be made at: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZL2DQE3EK446C

3,418 Listeners

979 Listeners

441 Listeners

760 Listeners

436 Listeners

495 Listeners

567 Listeners

9,456 Listeners

1,847 Listeners

602 Listeners

472 Listeners

18 Listeners

801 Listeners

1,835 Listeners

322 Listeners