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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452013603321

Autore

Tone John Lawrence

Titolo

War and genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898 [[electronic resource] /] / by John Lawrence Tone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8078-7730-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Envisioning Cuba

Disciplina

973.8/9

Soggetti

Spanish-American War, 1898

Electronic books.

Cuba History Revolution, 1895-1898

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-331) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Eloy Gonzalo and the disaster of war -- The origins of Cuban independence -- José Martí : a dream of Cuba -- Emilio Calleja and the failure of reform -- Máximo Gómez and total war -- Antonio Maceo and the battle of Peralejo -- The Cuban Liberation Army -- The Spanish Army -- Arsenio Martínez Campos : defending the indefensible -- Mal tiempo and the romance of the machete -- The invasion of the west -- Valeriano Weyler : the butcher -- The death of Maceo -- Reconcentration -- The monster and the assassin -- The jingoes -- Frascuelo versus Edison -- The splendid disaster.

Sommario/riassunto

From 1895 to 1898, Cuban insurgents fought to free their homeland from Spanish rule. This book offers answers to questions concerning the war. It examines the origin of Spain's genocidal policy of "reconcentration"; its military difficulties; the Cuban insurgency; the necessity of American intervention; and its supposed foreknowledge of defeat.