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War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898

War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898

Tone, John Lawrence

Paperback

Series: Envisioning Cuba

Caribbean HistoryOther WarsSpainish & Portuguese History

ISBN10: 0807859265
ISBN13: 9780807859261
Publisher: Univ Of North Carolina Pr
Published: Sep 1 2008
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.27 Depth: 9.01
Language: English

From 1895 to 1898, Cuban insurgents fought to free their homeland from Spanish rule. Though often overshadowed by the Splendid Little War of the Americans in 1898, according to John Tone, the longer Spanish-Cuban conflict was in fact more remarkable, foreshadowing the wars of decolonization in the twentieth century.

Employing newly released evidence -- including hospital records, intercepted Cuban letters, battle diaries from both sides, and Spanish administrative records -- Tone offers new answers to old questions concerning the war. He examines the origin of Spain's genocidal policy of reconcentration; the causes of Spain's military difficulties; the condition, effectiveness, and popularity of the Cuban insurgency; the necessity of American intervention; and Spain's supposed foreknowledge of defeat.

The Spanish-Cuban-American war proved pivotal in the histories of all three countries involved. Tone's fresh analysis will provoke new discussions and debates among historians and human rights scholars as they reexamine the war in which the concentration camp was invented, Cuba was born, Spain lost its empire, and America gained an overseas empire.

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