Empire by Default
Ivan Musicant
ISBN: | 9780805089561 |
Publisher: | Holt Rinehart and Winston |
Published: | 30 November, 2009 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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Empire by Default
Ivan Musicant
On the centennial of the Spanish-American War, the short and confusing conflict receives comprehensive treatment in a narrative of more than 600 pages. At the close of the 19th century, Americans were looking outward at the world. In a precursor to the foreign involvement of the next century the U.S. Navy found itself fighting in the Philippines, and the infantry (and Theodore Roosevelt's volunteer cavalrymen) entered combat (and battle illness) on the island of Cuba. The Spanish-American War has often been overlooked as an oddity, but those who want to understand its role in American history now have access to what may stand as the definitive history of the war that led to the United States being regarded as a world power.
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