Book 2017

Resistance to the Spanish-American and Philippine wars

Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Language: English
Published: 2017

History
Press coverage
Annexation to the United States
Public opinion
Territorial expansion
Imperialism
Foreign relations

"Following the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898, pro-war arguments prevailed in the American press, influencing public opinion in favor of engaging in the Spanish-American War--or so goes the popular version of events. Yet there was a substantial anti-imperialist segment of public that tried to halt the advance towards conflict"--