{"product_id":"splendid-liberators-heroism-betrayal-resistance-birth-american-empire-9780374191900-new","title":"Splendid Liberators: Heroism, Betrayal, Resistance, and the Birth of American Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Book of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis immersive epic reveals the origins of the American empire and the lives of those who promoted it and those who resisted it. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Splendid Liberators\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FARRAR STRAUSS \u0026 GIROUX","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51590239486242,"sku":"9780374191900-new","price":30.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780374191900.jpg?v=1777523099","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/splendid-liberators-heroism-betrayal-resistance-birth-american-empire-9780374191900-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}