Splendid Liberators: Heroism, Betrayal, Resistance, and the Birth of American Empire
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Book Overview A Kirkus ReviewsBest Book of 2025This immersive epic reveals the origins of the American empire and the lives of those who promoted it an...
A Kirkus ReviewsBest Book of 2025
This immersive epic reveals the origins of the American empire and the lives of those who promoted it and those who resisted it.
In 1898, the United States gained an empire, and--many allege--lost its soul. In just a few dramatic weeks, American forces wrested Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines from Spanish rule, but their "splendid little war" had a long and difficult aftermath, with the "liberators" facing resistance and resentment and their country tempted by imperial ambition.
In Splendid Liberators, the prizewinning historian Joe Jackson offers an epic narrative of the Spanish-American War, an overlooked conflict that nonetheless created the template for later adventures and misadventures abroad. Jackson brings our first major overseas intervention to full, teeming life with portraits of its many leading characters, such as the prophetic Cuban revolutionary Jos
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 816 | Language: English | Publisher: FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX | ISBN: 0374191905
FormatHardcover
Pages816
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0374191905
EAN9780374191900
PublisherFARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX
Publication Date2025-10-14
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight2.01 Pounds
Length9.22 Inches
Width6.31 Inches
Height1.82 Inches
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