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

• Autore: Tone John Lawrence
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.8/9
• Soggetto topico: Spanish-American War, 1898
• Soggetto geografico: Cuba History Revolution, 1895-1898
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: War and genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898
• ISBN: 979-88-908778-2-6; 0-8078-7730-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777606403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Envisioning Cuba.