Charging Up San Juan Hill: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of Imperial America

by John R Van Atta

Book Overview

How Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders exemplified "manhood" and civic virtue.

Below a Cuban sun so hot it stung their eyes, American troops hunkered low at the base of Kettle Hill. Spanish bullets zipped overhead, while enemy artillery shells landed all around them. Driving Spanish forces from the high ground would mean gaining control of Santiago, Cuba, and, soon enough, American victory in the Spanish-American War. No one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421425874
• ISBN13: 9781421425870
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"