Founders: #55 Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
David Senra 1/14/19 - Episode Page
What I learned from reading Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer by Stephen Dando-Collins
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Unlike Vanderbilt's other adversaries William Walker was not afraid of Cornelius when he should have been [0:01]
Setting up the war between Cornelius Vanderbilt and William Walker [7:32]
William Walker's impressive resume [16:44]
Betrayal: "Gentlemen, You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you." [27:04]
Walker takes Vanderbilt's property. Walker thinks the law protects him. Vanderbilt doesn't care about the law [39:27]
Garrison's counter move against Cornelius Vanderbilt [44:36]
Vanderbilt funds several Central American governments to destroy William Walker [52:51]
The power of having a singular focus on a goal but remaining flexible on the tactics to get there [1:02:10]
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