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The Spanish-American War: First Intervention

The Spanish-American War: First Intervention

“It has been a splendid little war,” Secretary of State John Hay wrote of the Spanish-American War, which marked the United States’ triumphant emergence onto the world stage. Over the course of 113 historic days [...]

The Spanish-American War: Birth of a Nation

The Spanish-American War: Birth of a Nation

As a war, it was small, nasty and suspicious. As news, it was a godsend. The Spanish-American War did many things it united an adolescent nation and paraded its global ambitions for all to see, [...]