1931 The Martial Spirit Spanish American War Philippines Cuba Military History

Description: The Martial Spirit by Walter Millis. The Literary Guild of America/Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1931. Illustrated 427 hardcover with mylar-protected jacket in good condition with moisture mark on bottom page/board edges - no interior markings or other glaring flaws. Chapter titles include: The Setting of the Stage, Insurrection in Cuba, Cuban Liberty and American Politics, Mr. McKinley's Policy of Peace, The Destruction of the Maine, The Crusade is Launched, Manila Bay, Splendid Improvisation, The Advance on Santiago, San Juan Hill, The Navy's Fourth-of-July Present, The Rewards of Virtue, and Peace and the Senate. Replete with larger-than-life characters, the American adventure in Cuba, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands in 1898 was a watershed in the United States' rise to world power. In this superbly written narrative of what we now call the Spanish-American War, Walter Millis analyzes its causes and the motives of the time's leading spirits—Teddy Roosevelt, Hearst, Pulitzer, Dewey, Lodge, Hay, and others—and recounts the ironies and grotesqueries of the conflict. "A notable contribution to the study of American history and of American character."―Henry Steele Commager. "Mr. Millis writes every page well."― New York Times . "A mature, intelligent, and exciting work―a rare occurrence in historical writing…A complete history of the American people at war which is so well contrived and so wittily written that it puts to shame both the efforts of professional historians and the products of those writers who merely seek to amuse without intending to inform."― The Nation . $5.95 domestic U.S. shipping. Payment must be received within 24 hours of sale.

Price: 10.99 USD

Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico

End Time: 2024-11-25T01:51:03.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.95 USD