Cast in Deathless Bronze : Andrew Rowan, the Spanish-American War, and the Origins of American Empire /

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"In 1898, when war with Spain seemed inevitable, Andrew Summers Rowan, an American army lieutenant from West Virginia, was sent on a secret mission to Cuba. He was to meet with General Calixto García, a leader of the Cuban rebels, in order to gather information for a U.S. invasion. Months late...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rice, Donald Tunnicliff (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rowan, Andrew Summers.
García Iñiguez, Calixto, > 1839-1898.
Hubbard, Elbert, > 1856-1915. > Message to Garcia.
Rowan, Andrew Summers > Public opinion.
Rowan, Andrew Summers > Travel > Cuba.
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
Message to Garcia (Hubbard, Elbert)
Travel.
Territorial expansion.
Secret service.
Public opinion.
Intelligence officers.
Diplomatic relations.
Armed Forces > Officers.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Guerre hispano-americaine, 1898 > Service secret > États-Unis.
Officiers de renseignements > États-Unis > Biographies.
Spanish-American War, 1898 > Secret service > United States.
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
United States.
Cuba.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 1865-1921.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale.
United States > Colonial question.
United States > Foreign relations > 1865-1921.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. "It is meritorious to be a boy at West Point"
  • 2. Becoming an Intelligence Officer
  • 3. "A Most Perilous Undertaking"
  • 4. America Takes a Step towards Empire
  • 5. The Creation of an American Myth
  • 6. Exactly Where Are the Philippines?
  • 7. A Glorious Undertaking
  • 8. Captain Rowan in Command
  • 9. An Idyllic Spot to Spend the War
  • 10. Major Rowan in Love and War
  • 11. The Complexities of Retirement
  • 12. The Myth Lives On
  • Epilogue.

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