#55 Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer

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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