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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rice, Donald Tunnicliff (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Rowan, Andrew Summers.
Rowan, Andrew Summers > Travel > Cuba.
García Iñiguez, Calixto, > 1839-1898.
Rowan, Andrew Summers > Public opinion.
Hubbard, Elbert, > 1856-1915. > Message to Garcia.
García Iñiguez, Calixto, > 1839-1898
Rowan, Andrew Summers
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
United States. > Army
Message to Garcia (Hubbard, Elbert)
1865-1921
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
Spanish-American War, 1898 > Secret service > United States.
Officiers de renseignements > États-Unis > Biographies.
Guerre hispano-américaine, 1898 > Service secret > États-Unis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Armed Forces > Officers
Diplomatic relations
Intelligence officers
Public opinion
Secret service
Territorial expansion
Travel
United States > Territorial expansion.
United States > Foreign relations > 1865-1921.
United States > Colonial question.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1865-1921.
Cuba
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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