The Spanish-American War

A Documentary History with Commentaries
Herausgeber: Berner, Brad K.

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Produktbeschreibung

This documentary history is intended for the specialist and non-specialist alike. The introductions to the book's sections, together with introductions to each document, provide a general history of the war. The contents cover the pre-war, war, and post-war periods in Cuba, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Spain, the Philippines, and the United States. Included are documents on the main battles and diplomatic history of the war, along with internal situations in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Spain, the Philippines, and the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 609g
• ISBN-13: 9781611475746
• ISBN-10: 1611475740
• Artikelnr.: 39889976

Autorenporträt

Edited by Brad K. Berner - Foreword by Kalman Goldstein

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgments Preface: Kalman Goldstein Introduction: Brad K. Berner CHAPTER 1 THE BACKGROUND TO WAR (1895-1898) Cuba 1. The Manifesto of Montecristi (March 25
1895) 2. James Creelman - An Atrocity Story (New York World
May 17
1896) 3. General Valeriano Weyler's Order of Reconcentration (October 21
1896) 4. Richard Harding Davis "The Death of Rodríguez" (New York Journal
February 2
1897) 5. The Olivette Incident (January-February 1897) 6. Generals Máximo Gómez and Calixto García God
Country
and Liberty (September 20
1897) 7. The Rescue of Evangelina Cisneros (October 10
1897) Philippines 8. Andrés Bonifacio The Duties of the Sons of the People (1896) 9. Emilio Aguinaldo Manifesto to the Philippine People (October 31
1896) 10. Governor General Camilo Polavieja's Proclamation (December 23
1896) 11. The Pact of Biak-na-Bató (December 1897) 12. Emilio Aguinaldo on Early U.S./Filipino Relations (September 23
1899) 13. U.S. Consul E. Spencer Pratt's Letter (April 28
1898) Puerto Rico 14. The Club Boriquen Calls for Independence (Puerto Rico [New York]
March 14
1895) 15. Luis Muñoz Rivera Supports Autonomy (April 14
1897) Spain 16. Francesco Pi y Margall
Federalist Leader
Calls for Cuban Independence (El Nuevo Régimen
March 14
1896) 17. Vicente Blasco Ibañez Opposes Spain's Cuban Policy (El Pueblo
September 28
December 31
1896) 18. Spanish Liberal Party Manifesto to the Nation (June 24
1897) 19. Carlists Demand Government Stand Up against the Yankees (El Correo Español
January 27
1898) 20. Admiral Pascual Cervera Forecasts Spain's Defeat in the Coming War (January 30
1898) 21. "Spain Does Not Scare" (El Imparcial
March 15
1898) 22. Admiral José Beránger Predicts Spain's Victory (Heraldo
April 6
1898) 23. José Martínez Ruiz 'Azorín' Satirizes Spain's Policy (Madrid Cómico
April 10
1898) United States 24. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Supports U.S. Intervention in Cuba (February 20
1896) 25. Frederick Funston - Filibustering in Cuba 26. Joseph Pulitzer Demands U.S. Intervention in Cuba (February 13
1897) 27. Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed "Empire Can Wait" (December 4
1897) CHAPTER 2 FAILED DIPLOMACY (1896-1898) A Diplomatic Incident (February 9
1898) 28. The De Lôme Letter (February 9
1898) The Maine (February 15
1898) 29. Captain Charles Sigsbee's Cable on the Maine Explosion (February 15
1898) 30. John D. Long
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
on the Maine Explosion (February 16
1898) 31. The U.S. Court of Inquiry's Report on the Maine Explosion (March 21
1898) 32. Spain's Report on the Maine Explosion (March 22
1898) 33. The New York World on the Maine Explosion (February 17
1898) 34. Albert Shaw Supports Intervention in Cuba (American Monthly Review of Reviews
April 1898) 35. El País
a Madrid Newspaper
Criticizes Bacon-Eating Yankee 'Pigs' (March 1
1898) 36. Walter Wellman
Chicago Times-Herald Reporter
on U.S. Media Lies (February 19
1898) 37. E. L. Godkin
Editor of The Nation
on Yellow Journalism (March 3
1898) The Rush to War 38. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt's Order to Commodore George Dewey (February 25
1898) 39. John D. Long
Secretary of the Navy
on Theodore Roosevelt's Order to Commodore Dewey (February 26
1898) 40. Senator Redfield Proctor's Speech (March 17
1898) 41. President William McKinley's Ultimatum to Spain (March 26-28
1898) 42. Spain's Council of Ministers Replies to President William McKinley's Ultimatum (March 31
1898) 43. The Great Powers Note (April 6
1898) 44. President William McKinley's War Message to Congress (April 11
1898) 45. U.S. Congressional Joint Resolution for the Recognition of the Independence of Cuba and Authorizing the Use of U.S. Armed Forces (April 19
1898) 46. Spain Declares War (April 23
1898) 47. The United States Declares War (April 25
1898) CHAPTER 3 THE WAR AT HOME Homefront - Spain Divided Viewpoints 48. La Correspondencia Militar
a Military Newspaper in Madrid
Calls for War (April 20
1898) 49. Council of Commanders Meeting of Admiral Pascual Cervera's Fleet (April 20
1898) 50. The Opinion of Captain Víctor Concas (April 20
1898) 51. The Generals Send Admiral Pascual Cervera's Fleet (April 24
1898) 52. The Catholic Archbishop of Madrid Supports the War Effort (April 23
1898) Reactions to Military Defeats 53. The Riot of Gijón (May 3-4
1898) 54. Proclamation of a State of War in Barcelona (May 10
1898) 55. El Noticiero Universal
a Barcelona Newspaper
Comments on Spain's Governmental Crisis (May 15
1898) 56. El Correo Español
a Carlist Madrid Newspaper
Claims Spain's Soldiers Are Superior (June 4
1898) 57. Spain's Socialist Workers Party Calls for Solidarity between Spanish and American Workers in Opposing the War (June 10
1898) 58. Admiral Manuel de la Cámara and His Fleet Are Ordered to the Philippines (June 15
1898) 59. El Liberal
a Madrid Newspaper
Criticizes the Government (July 4
1898) 60. Spain's Socialist Workers Party Demands Peace (July 9
1898) 61. Francisco Fernández Villegas "Zeda" Satirizes the Spanish Public's Attitude (July 9
1898) 62. El Fomento de Trabajo Nacional Analyzes the Roots of Spain's Defeat (August 5
1898) Homefront - United States Mobilizing Society for War 63. Henry Watterson "The Right of Our Might" (April 20
1898) 64. Charles Dawes
Comptroller of the Currency
Diary (April 22
1898) 65. President William McKinley's Call for Volunteers (April 23
1898) 66. Lieutenant Colonel Grant Squires "Experiences of a War Censor" (Atlantic Monthly
March 1899) 67. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt "Raising the Regiment" (The Rough Riders
1899) 68. H. C. Thompson
2nd Oregon Infantry
Mobilizing for the Philippines 69. Carl Sandburg
6th Illinois Infantry
Goes to War 70. Major General Nelson Miles Reports from Tampa
Florida (June 4
1898) 71. Richard Harding Davis "The Rocking-Chair Period of the War" 72. Initiation on the USS Oregon 73. "The Cowboy's Lament
" a Poem by One of Those Who Stayed at Home 74. Dr. John Claiborne at Camp Thomas The Debate at Home 75. Professor Charles Norton of Harvard Protests the War (June 23
1898) 76. Walter H. Page
Editor of the Atlantic Monthly
on the War's Effects (June 1898) 77. William James
Psychologist and Brother of Henry James
Opposes the War (June 15
1898) 78. The Churches and the War (May 1898) African-Americans 79. An African-American Supports the War in a Letter from Los Angeles (April 23
1898) 80. George W. Prioleau
Chaplain of the 9th U.S. Cavalry
on Racism (May 13
1898) 81. Theophilus G. Steward
Chaplain of the 25th U.S. Infantry
Says the War Will Help the Black Man (May 28
1898) 82. A Letter from Tampa
Florida
on Prejudice against African-American Soldiers (June 4
1898) 83. R. B. Montgomery
Editor of the Wisconsin Weekly Advocate
on Pragmatic Reasons to Fight (July 9
1898) 84. Edward E. Cooper
Editor of the Colored American
Says Blacks Will Benefit (July 23
1898) 85. The 3rd North Carolina Infantry - Disgruntled at Not Having the Opportunity to Fight (October 5
1898) 86. Booker T. Washington Extols the Bravery of African-American Soldiers in the War (October 16
1898) 87. The Mutiny of the 6th Virginia Infantry 88. "The Black Troops in Cuba
" a Poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar 89. "Santiago de Wilmington
" a Poem by F. B. Coffin (January 7
1899) 90. "The Black Man's Burden
" a Poem by H. T. Johnson (April 1899) CHAPTER 4 THE WAR IN CUBA Blockades and Espionage 91. The Correspondence between Governor General Ramón Blanco and General Máximo Gómez 92. Stephen Crane on the Blockade of Cuba (New York World
May 9
1898) 93. The Law of War Prizes 94. Lieutenant Andrew Rowan Takes a Message to García (April 23-May 11
1898) 95. Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson and the Merrimac (June 3
1898) The Santiago Campaign Landing in Cuba 96. Stephen Crane on the Marines at Guantánamo (February 1899) 97. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Steals a Train and a Ship 98. Richard Harding Davis - The Aserraderos Conference (June 20
1898) 99. Sergeant Horace W. Bivins
10th U.S. Cavalry
Writes from Santiago
Cuba (June 21
1898) 100. Charles Post
Private in 71st New York Infantry
on Landing in Cuba (June 22-26
1898) The Battle of Las Guásimas (June 24
1898) 101. Report by Colonel Leonard Wood
Commander of the Rough Riders 102. Account by Lieutenant José Müller y Tejeiro The Battle of El Caney (July 1
1898) 103. Eyewitness Account by Photographer John C. Hemment 104. Eyewitness Account by First Sergeant M. W. Saddler
25th U.S. Infantry 105. Account by Lieutenant José Müller y Tejeiro The Battles of the San Juan Heights (July 1
1898) 106. Account by Lieutenant José Müller y Tejeiro 107. The Death of Bucky O'Neill
Captain in the Rough Riders 108. The 71st New York Infantry's Cowardice 109. Richard Harding Davis - The Myth of San Juan Hill 110. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt - The Battle of Kettle Hill 111. Sergeant E. L. Baker
10th U.S. Cavalry
Diary 112. John R. Conn
Corporal 24th U.S. Infantry - The Assault on San Juan Hill 113. George Kennan on the Wounded 114. Colonel Federico Escario's Column by Lieutenant José Müller y Tejeiro The Naval Battle of Santiago (July 3
1898) 115. Romero Robledo
Conservative Member of Spain's Cortes
Demands Admiral Pascual Cervera's Squadron Be Sent into Action (June 23
1898) 116. Eyewitness Account by Captain Víctor Concas
Commanding the Spanish Flagship Infanta María Teresa 117. Eyewitness Account by Captain Henry C. Taylor
Commanding the Battleship Indiana 118. Eyewitness Account by Miguel López
Pilot of the Spanish Flagship Infanta María Teresa 119. Schley's Loop by Captain John C. Philip
Commanding the Battleship Texas 120. The Destruction of Captain Fernando Villaamil's Torpedo Boat Flotilla 121. Eyewitness Account by Captain José Paredes
Commanding the Cristóbal Colón 122. The Rescue of Admiral Pascual Cervera by Lieutenant Harry P. Huse on the Gloucester 123. Admiral William T. Sampson's Cable Disease and Capitulation 124. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Criticizes Major General William Shafter (July 5
1898) 125. Frederick Ramsden
British Consul at Santiago
Cuba
on the Refugees at El Caney (Diary
July 5 - 8
1898) 126. Private Charles Post
71st New York Infantry
on Disease at Santiago
Cuba 127. Lieutenant General Arsenio Linares
Commanding Spanish Forces at Santiago
Cuba
Concludes Surrender Is Inevitable (July 12
1898) 128. The Santiago Capitulation Agreement (July 16
1898) 129. Cuban Insurgent General Calixto García's Letter of Protest (July 17
1898) 130. The Round Robin Letter Demands U.S. Troops Be Taken Out of Cuba (August 3
1898) CHAPTER 5 THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES The Philippines 131. Governor General Basilio Augustín's Manifesto (April 23
1898) 132. Apolinario Mabini's Open Letter to All Filipinos (April 1898) 133. The Hong Kong Junta's Proclamation (April 1898) The Naval Battle of Manila Bay (May 1
1898) 134. Report by Admiral Patricio Montojo at Subig Bay (April 25-29
1898) 135. Admiral Patricio Montojo's Battle Report 136. Commodore George Dewey's Cable to the McKinley Administration (May 1
1898) 137. Manila Archbishop Nozaleda's Circular on the Battle of Manila Bay (May 8
1898) Dewey and the Germans at Manila 138. Admiral George Dewey's Cable to John Long
Secretary of the Navy (June 12
1898) 139. Admiral George Dewey Threatens War with Germany (July 10
1898) 140. Prince Bernhard von Bülow
German Foreign Minister
on U.S.-German Relations in the Philippines U.S./Filipino Relations 141. Major General Wesley Merritt's Instructions from the McKinley Administration (May 19
1898) 142. Filipino Insurgent Representative José Alejandrino's Letter (May 19
1898) 143. Emilio Aguinaldo's Decrees (May 24
1898) 144. Secretary of the Navy John Long's Cable to Admiral George Dewey (May 26
1898) 145. Secretary of State William Day Cables E. Spencer Pratt
U.S. Consul in Singapore (June 18
1898) 146. Emilio Aguinaldo's Proclamation (August 6
1898) The Arranged Battle and Capitulation of Manila (August 13-14
1898) 147. Brigadier General Thomas Anderson on the Negotiated Battle of Manila 148. Frank Millett - The Battle of Manila Begins (August. 13
1898) 149. Eyewitness Account by Lieutenant Charles H. Hilton
1st Colorado Infantry 150. The Articles of the Capitulation of Manila (August 14
1898) 151. Major General Wesley Merritt's Proclamation (August 14
1898) CHAPTER 6 THE WAR IN PUERTO RICO Before the Invasion 152. Governor General Manuel Macías Declares a State of War (April 22
1898) 153. The Puerto Rican Insular Government's Proclamation (April 22
1898) The Bombardment of San Juan (May 12
1898) 154. Admiral William Sampson's Report (May 12
1898) 155. Governor General Manuel Macías' Version (May 27
1898) Viewpoints 156. Amos K. Fiske Supports Taking Puerto Rico (New York Times
July 11
1898) 157. Eugenio Hostos
Puerto Rican Educator
Prefers Independence (July 22
1898) 158. Antonio Mattei Lluveras Supports a U.S. Invasion (July 25
1898) 159. Ramón Betances Warns of U.S. Intention to Colonize Puerto Rico (July 1898) The Invasion 160. Captain Ángel Rivero Méndez
Diary (July 27-August 14
1898) 161. Colonel Juan Camó's General Order (July 26
1898) 162. Associated Press Release on Conquest of Guánica
Puerto Rico (July 25
1898) 163. Major General Nelson Miles' Proclamation (July 28
1898) 164. Lieutenant Rafael Colorado's Account of the Situation near Yauco (July 25-26
1898) 165. Richard Harding Davis Recounts How Stephan Crane Took a Town (August 3
1898) 166. Captain Harry Hall
16th Pennsylvania Infantry
Recounts the Death of Commander Rafael Illescas at the Battle of Coamo (August 9
1898) 167. Carl Sandburg Recounts His Experience at War CHAPTER 7 NEGOTIATING THE PEACE (JULY 18 - DECEMBER 10
1898) 168. The Armistice Protocol (August 12
1898) 169. Whitelaw Reid
U.S. Peace Commissioner
Diary (September 16
1898) 170. President William McKinley's Instructions to the U.S. Peace Commission (September 16
1898) 171. The Treaty of Paris (December 10
1898) 172. The Spanish Delegation's Memorandum (December 10
1898) CHAPTER 8 POST-WAR DEVELOPMENTS Cuba 173. Pedro López de Castillo's Letter (August 21
1898) 174. Captain W. B. Roberts
23rd Kansas Infantry
on Thwarting the Color Line in Cuba (October 3
1898) 175. The Platt Amendment (March 2
1901) Philippines 176. McKinley Administration Orders No Joint Occupation of Manila with Emilio Aguinaldo's Forces (August 21
1898) 177. The Malolos Constitution (September 1898 - January 1899) 178. President William McKinley's "Benevolent Assimilation" Proclamation (December 21
1898) 179. Major General Elwell Otis's First Proclamation as Military Governor of the Philippines (January 4
1899) 180. Emilio Aguinaldo Denies U.S. Sovereignty over the Philippines (January 5
1899) 181. Emilio Aguinaldo Declares an End to Friendly Relations with the Army of the U.S. (January 8
1899) 182. Memorandum by Felipe Agoncillo
Representative of the Filipino Nationalist Forces
to the U.S. Senate (January 30
1899) 183. First Shots of the Filipino-American War (February 4
1899) 184. President Emilio Aguinaldo's Manifesto to the Filipino People (February 5
1899) Puerto Rico 185. Captain Ángel Rivero Méndez
Diary (August 15 - October 23
1898) 186. President William McKinley's Instructions to the Commissioners for Puerto Rico (August 26
1898) 187. James Miller's Report "No distinction in color" in Puerto Rico (September 10
1898) 188. José Julio Henna Telegrams President William McKinley (October 18
1898) 189. A Satire in La Bruja
a Mayagüez
Puerto Rico Newspaper (November 26
1898) 190. Henry Carroll's Report on the Island of Porto Rico (1899) Spain 191. Conservative Leader Francisco Silvela Calls for Reforms (August 16
1898) 192. Pablo Iglesias Defends the Socialist Workers Party's Anti-War Policy (August 17
1898) 193. Conservative Senator El Conde de Las Almenas Attacks the Army (September 7
1898) 194. Eugenio Montero Ríos
President of Spain's Peace Commission
Comments on Spain's Defeat (September 20
1898) 195. Prime Minister Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Defends His Government (February 22
1899) 196. The Court-Martial Verdict of General José Toral (August 9
1899) 197. The Court-Martial of Admiral Patricio Montojo (October 10
1899) United States 198. Carl Sandburg on Going Home 199. Senator Albert Beveridge Extols American Expansion (September 16
1898) 200. Charles Denby
Former U.S. Minister to China
Supports Keeping the Philippines (November 1898) 201. Former President Grover Cleveland Opposes U.S. Imperialism (November 9
1898) 202. Report of the Commission Investigating the War Department (1899) 203. The "Embalmed Beef" Controversy (December 21
1898) 204. Carl Schurz Opposes U.S. Imperialism (January 4
1899) 205. Republican Senator George Hoar Opposes the Treaty of Paris (January 9
1899) 206. Edward Cooper
Editor of the Colored American Newspaper
on the Philippines (February 11
1899) 207. Platform of the Anti-Imperialist League (October 18
1898) 208. The Schley Court of Inquiry (September 1901) 209. The U.S. Supreme Court Case - Downes v. Bidwell (1901) Bibliography About the Editor