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The Spanish-American ConflictBlow, Michael. A Ship to Remember: the Maine and the Spanish-American War. New York: Morrow, 1992. [ILG 92-16005] Non-academic history of the destruction of the Maine. Quotes extensively from personal narratives of survivors. Analyzes contending theories as to how the explosion occurred. Describes land and naval battles in Cuba and the Philippines. Contains diagrams of the Maine. Brief bibliography. Bradford, James C., ed. Crucible of Empire: the Spanish-American War & its aftermath. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1993. [JFE 93-13446] Chadwick, French Ensor. Relations of the United States and Spain: the Spanish-American War. 2 vols. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1911. [ILG] Foner, Philip Sheldon. The Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism, 1895-1902. 2 vols. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1972. [HOO 73-2297] Freidel, Frank Burt. The Splendid Little War. Boston: Little, Brown, 1958. [ILG] González Vales, Luís E, ed. 1898: enfoques y perspectivas. San Juan: Academia Puertorriqueña de la Historia, 1997. [ILG 98-6345] Collection of scholarly essays by historians from the five countries involved in the conflict. Most essays in Spanish, but some in English. Linderman, Gerald F. The Mirror of War: American society and the Spanish-American War. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1974. [JFD 98-4985] Millis, Walter. The Martial Spirit. Cambridge: Literary Guild; Riverside Press, 1931. [ILG] Naranjo Orovio, Consuelo, et. al., La nación soñada: Cuba, Puerto Rico y Filipinas ante el 98; Actas del congreso internacional celebrado en Aranjuez del 24 al 28 de abril de 1995. Madrid: Doce Calles, 1996. [JFF 97-364] Offner, John L. An Unwanted War: the diplomacy of the United States and Spain over Cuba, 1895-1898. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. [ILG 92-17410] Rickover, Hyman George. How the Battleship Maine was Destroyed. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994. [ILG 95-7898 and ILG 78-540] Detailed technical analysis of the various theories relating to the destruction of the Maine, courts of inquiry and international law. List of archival institutions and bibliography of sources, published and unpublished. Samuels, Peggy. Remembering the Maine. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. [ILG 95-11662] Recent historical analysis of what caused the explosion of the Maine. Contains illustrations and a bibliography of sources. Smith, Joseph. Spanish-American War: conflict in the Caribbean and the Pacific, 1895-1902. London: Longman, 1994. [ILG 94-12139] Following an overview of the political situation in the U.S., Spain, and Cuba during the pre-war period, the author describes land and sea operations in the Atlantic and Pacific in 1898. Narrates the negotiations leading to the peace treaty and the aftermath of the war. Chronology of main events, glossary, selective guide to further reading and maps. Trask, David F. War with Spain in 1898. New York: Macmillan, 1981.
[ILG 81-1675] Drawing heavily on U.S. and Spanish government documents,
the author outlines the revolution in Cuba, the Spanish response to it,
and U.S.-Spanish diplomacy leading to war. Details of land and sea engagements
in Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Describes the peace negotiations
and the final settlement of the war. Good bibliography of U.S. government
documents and translations of Spanish government documents. Illustration from: Green, Nathan C. The War with Spain and Story of Spain and Cuba. Baltimore: International News and Book Co., 1898. Photographic Services & Permissions |