The War with SpainHarper & Brothers, 1899 - 276 páginas |
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... ships of war , and open ports , and that they would then secure their independence without involving the United States in war with Spain . Subsequent events have shown that even recognition would not probably have strengthened the ...
... ships of war , and open ports , and that they would then secure their independence without involving the United States in war with Spain . Subsequent events have shown that even recognition would not probably have strengthened the ...
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... ship of war to that port . The battle - ship Maine was selected for this duty , and reached Havana on the morning of January 24 , 1898. We were at peace with Spain , and we had an entire right to send a ship to any Cuban port . If it ...
... ship of war to that port . The battle - ship Maine was selected for this duty , and reached Havana on the morning of January 24 , 1898. We were at peace with Spain , and we had an entire right to send a ship to any Cuban port . If it ...
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... ships of a nation of whose future existence even those old believers in El Dorado never dreamed . From the Ladrones , which were discovered March 6 , 1521 , the weary voyage was continued until a new archipelago was reached , on the ...
... ships of a nation of whose future existence even those old believers in El Dorado never dreamed . From the Ladrones , which were discovered March 6 , 1521 , the weary voyage was continued until a new archipelago was reached , on the ...
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... ships of a nation of whose future existence even those old believers in El Dorado never dreamed . From the Ladrones , which were discovered March 6 , 1521 , the weary voyage was continued until a new archipelago was reached , on the ...
... ships of a nation of whose future existence even those old believers in El Dorado never dreamed . From the Ladrones , which were discovered March 6 , 1521 , the weary voyage was continued until a new archipelago was reached , on the ...
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... ship Nanshan and bought her as she was , with 3,300 tons of good Cardiff coal on board . Then he bought the Zafiro , a ... ships looked leaden and sombre in the dull dark drab of the war - paint . On the 21st , when General Woodford was ...
... ship Nanshan and bought her as she was , with 3,300 tons of good Cardiff coal on board . Then he bought the Zafiro , a ... ships looked leaden and sombre in the dull dark drab of the war - paint . On the 21st , when General Woodford was ...
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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 |