The war with Spain in 1898
David F. Trask's War with Spain in 1898 is a cogent political and military history of that "splendid little war." It describes the failure of diplomacy; the state of preparedness of both sides; the battles, including those of Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders; the enlargement of conflict to rout the Spanish from Puerto Rico and the Philippines; and the misconceptions surrounding the war
xiv, 654 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780803294295, 0803294298
1071743098
Originally published: New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan, ©1981