War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898 (Envisioning Cuba)
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From 1895 to 1898, Cuban insurgents fought to free their homeland from Spanish rule. Though often overshadowed by the "Splendid Little War" of the Americans in 1898, the longer Spanish-Cuban conflict, according to John Tone, was in fact more remarkable, foreshadowing the wars of decolonization in the twentieth century.
Employing newly released evidence, including hospital records, intercepted Cuban letters, battle diaries from both sides, and Spanish administrative records, Tone offers new answers to old questions concerning the war. He examines the origin of Spain's genocidal policy of "reconcentration"; the causes of Spain's military difficulties; the condition, effectiveness, and popularity of the Cuban insurgency; the necessity of American intervention; and Spain's supposed foreknowledge of defeat.
The Spanish-Cuban-American war proved pivotal in the histories of all three countries involved. Tone's fresh analysis will provoke new discussions and debates among historians and human rights scholars as they reexamine the war in which the concentration camp was invented, Cuba was born, Spain lost its empire, and America gained an overseas empire.
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The Spanish-Cuban-American war proved pivotal in the histories of all three countries involved. Employing newly released evidence, including hospital records, intercepted Cuban letters, battle diaries from both sides, and Spanish administrative records, Tone offers new answers to old questions concerning the war. His analysis will provoke new discussions and debates among historians and human rights scholars as they reexamine the war in which the concentration camp was invented, Cuba was born, Spain lost its empire, and America gained an overseas empire.
War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898 (Envisioning Cuba)
War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898 (Envisioning Cuba),John Lawrence Tone,The University of North Carolina Press,0807830062,Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba,Cuba,Europe - Spain & Portugal,History,History - Military / War,History: World,Military - Other,Revolution, 1895-1898,Spanish-American War, 1898,United States - 19th Century/Turn of the Century,American history: c 1800 to c 1900,Genocide,History / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba,Spain,USA,war; genocide; Spain; Cuba; guerrilla warfare; reconcentration; Jose Marti; Maximo Gomez; Antonio Maceo; Valeriano Weyler; Antonio Canovas del Castillo; Eloy Gonzalo; Emilio Calleja; Arsenio Martinez Campos; Cuban nationalism; military history; Splendid Little War;
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