The War with SpainHarper & Brothers, 1899 - 276 páginas |
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... sent thou- sands of women and children to a lingering death , and the whole government of Spain is just as responsible for all the ensuing atrocities as Weyler , who issued the concentration edict and carried it out with pitiless thor ...
... sent thou- sands of women and children to a lingering death , and the whole government of Spain is just as responsible for all the ensuing atrocities as Weyler , who issued the concentration edict and carried it out with pitiless thor ...
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... sent by the Speaker to slumber in the Commit- tee on Foreign Affairs , because there was not and ought not to be a Cuban question , when in came a message from the President on that very subject . It appeared oddly enough , that war was ...
... sent by the Speaker to slumber in the Commit- tee on Foreign Affairs , because there was not and ought not to be a Cuban question , when in came a message from the President on that very subject . It appeared oddly enough , that war was ...
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... sent to all the American consuls , in order to feed starving Americans . The Americans were fed , and many others not Ameri- cans also , and the United States by this action had at last interfered in Cuba ; for no more complete act of ...
... sent to all the American consuls , in order to feed starving Americans . The Americans were fed , and many others not Ameri- cans also , and the United States by this action had at last interfered in Cuba ; for no more complete act of ...
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... sent to the Cuban Junta in New York , which gave it to the press on February 9 , 1898. This letter contained a coarse and vulgar attack upon President McKinley , which led to the immediate resignation and recall of the writer , who had ...
... sent to the Cuban Junta in New York , which gave it to the press on February 9 , 1898. This letter contained a coarse and vulgar attack upon President McKinley , which led to the immediate resignation and recall of the writer , who had ...
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... sent in on March 28 , and as men everywhere discussed the evidence , it became clear that although the President was reluctant to abandon hope , the resources of diplomacy had failed . What the exact course of the negotiations conducted ...
... sent in on March 28 , and as men everywhere discussed the evidence , it became clear that although the President was reluctant to abandon hope , the resources of diplomacy had failed . What the exact course of the negotiations conducted ...
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Términos y frases comunes
action Admiral Cervera Admiral Dewey Admiral Sampson advance American fleet American ships April April 25 army artillery Asiatic squadron attack batteries battle battle-ship block-house blockade boat bombardment brigade Brooklyn Caney Captain cavalry Cavité Cervera channel Cienfuegos coal Coamo coast command Congress Cuba Cuban declared despatch destroyed El Caney enemy expedition fight flag flag-ship force French Gloucester Guanica gunboat guns harbor Havana hostile iards infantry insurgents intrenchments Iowa island Key West killed Lieutenant Manila ment Merrimac miles military morning movement navy night o'clock officers Olympia once opened Oregon peace Philippines port President Protected Cruiser protocol Puerto Rico regiments regulars resolution road San Juan Santiago Schley Senate sent Shafter shells shore shots soldiers Spain Span Spaniards Spanish Spanish fire Spanish fleet Spanish ships speed squadron steamed surrender tion torpedo-boat torpedoes town treaty troops United vessels victory Washington WILLIAM MCKINLEY wounded
Pasajes populares
Página 35 - WHEREAS, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battleship, with two hundred and sixty-six of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana...
Página 234 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Página 35 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Referencias a este libro
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
The War of 1898: The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography Louis A. Pérez Sin vista previa disponible - 1998 |