Sugarcane Treason: The Corporate Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy

In 1893, the sovereign nation of Hawaii was not conquered by a foreign army; it was stolen by a cartel of businessmen. When Queen Liliuokalani attempted to restore political power to native Hawaiians, a small group of American and European sugar magnates orchestrated a devastating coup d'etat. Faced with crippling new US import tariffs that threatened their agricultural profits, the "e;Committee...