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"A notable contibution to the study of American history and American character." -- Henry Steele Commager
"A valuable and highly readable case study." -- American Political Science Review
"Mr. Millis writes every page well." -- New York Times
"A valuable and highly readable case study." -- American Political Science Review
"Mr. Millis writes every page well." -- New York Times
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A superbly written narrative of the Spanish-American War, in which Mr. Millis analyzes the causes and motives of the time's leading spirits and recounts the ironies and grotesqueries of the conflict.
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ON the morning of February 28, 1895, the newspaper readers of the United States were apprised of the fact that an insurrection against the decaying authority of Spain had broken out in the Island of Cuba. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
Cristóbal Colón, Máximo Gómez, forcible annexation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, General Shafter, New York, General Miles, Admiral Sampson, Porto Rico, Hong Kong, Senator Lodge, Admiral Dewey, General Aguinaldo, Admiral Cervera, White House, Navy Department, War Department, San Juan, Commodore Schley, Rough Riders, Key West, Fighting Joe, Philippine Islands, Far East, Civil War, Captain Sigsbee, State Department, Commodore Dewey Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
ON the morning of February 28, 1895, the newspaper readers of the United States were apprised of the fact that an insurrection against the decaying authority of Spain had broken out in the Island of Cuba. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
Cristóbal Colón, Máximo Gómez, forcible annexation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, General Shafter, New York, General Miles, Admiral Sampson, Porto Rico, Hong Kong, Senator Lodge, Admiral Dewey, General Aguinaldo, Admiral Cervera, White House, Navy Department, War Department, San Juan, Commodore Schley, Rough Riders, Key West, Fighting Joe, Philippine Islands, Far East, Civil War, Captain Sigsbee, State Department, Commodore Dewey Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898 (Envisioning Cuba) by John Lawrence Tone on 6 pages
- Yellow Journalism: Puncturing the Myths, Defining the Legacies by W. Joseph Campbell on page 125, and Back Matter
- The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States by William Loren Katz on page 272, and Back Matter
- The Disenchanted Island: Puerto Rico and the United States in the Twentieth Century, Second Edition by Ronald Fernandez on page 24, and page 26
- Yellow Journalism: Puncturing the Myths, Defining the Legacies by W. Joseph Campbell on page 125, and Back Matter
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