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Opinion: Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
How and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the United States 150 years ago is actually two tales and two ...
Alaska: A JACKPOT full of oil and gold, here’s how US bought it from Russia
Russia had decided to sell Alaska, but the question was: how would America buy it? At the time, most Americans couldn’t ...
The U.S. paid $7.2 million in 1867 for Alaska—how much would it need to buy Greenland now?
Donald Trump is again exploring the idea of purchasing Greenland before his second term. Comparisons are made to the Alaska ...
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‘Seward’s Folly’ is a myth. Spread the word.
The prevailing narrative of the Alaska purchase, pushed in history textbooks for decades, doesn’t reflect public opinion at the time more than 150 years ago.
Congress should greenlight attempt to buy Greenland
Threatening military action is wrongheaded, but Donald Trump would be smart to try to buy Greenland from Denmark. The U.S.
Opinion: Greenland is not Denmark’s to sell
There is a significant problem with this scenario — Greenland is not for sale, and it is not Denmark’s to sell.
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Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Talk of a takeover of Greenland may seem fanciful. But it wouldn’t be the first ...
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Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, University of Alaska Anchorage (THE CONVERSATION ...