In the late 1890s a journalist wrote, "Spanish women would rather weep at a husband's or a son's gravesite than blush for lack of patriotic fervor." Yet at a ti

An often overshadowed event in American military history, the Spanish-American War began as a humanitarian effort on the part of the United States to provide mi

In the late 1890s a journalist wrote, "Spanish women would rather weep at a husband's or a son's gravesite than blush for lack of patriotic fervor." Yet at a ti

"Drawing on a broad range of primary sources, Walker explores what the eruption of these protests meant to various groups that made up the political opposition

This documentary history is intended for specialist and non-specialist alike. The introductions to the book’s sections, together with introductions to each do