Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War

by Mark Thomas, Brian Carpenter, Donald H. Dyal

Book Overview

Foreshadowing the twentieth-century experience, the Spanish American War was America's first modern foreign war. Catapulting the United States into an international world power, the war had lasting international implications. Besides America's acquisition of Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Hawaii, and Guam, the war led the United States to take to the international stage, confronting Germany and Japan (foreshadowing the conflict of World War II),...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313288526
• ISBN13: 9780313288524
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"