War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898

Name: War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898
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ISBN: 9780807859261

ISBN-10: 0807859265

ISBN-13: 9780807859261

Edition: 2008

Authors: John Lawrence Tone

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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, the longer Spanish-Cuban conflict, according to John Tone, 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…

Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

John Tone is professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is author of the award-winning The Fatal Knot: The Guerrilla War in Navarre and the Defeat of Napoleon in Spain (from The University of North Carolina Press).



Preface



Eloy Gonzalo and the Disaster of War



The Origins of Cuban Independence



Jose Marti: A Dream of Cuba



Emilio Calleja and the Failure of Reform



Maximo Gomez and Total War



Antonio Maceo and the Battle of Peralejo



The Cuban Liberation Army



The Spanish Army



Arsenio Martinez 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


Notes


Bibliography


Index