The war lovers : Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the rush to empire, 1898 /
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 471 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 031600409X
- 9780316004091
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924
- Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901
- Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Causes
- Business and politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Territorial expansion
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1897-1901
- 973.8/91 22
- E721 .T47 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-453) and index.
Dreaming of father -- The noble hacks -- Manifest destiny -- The large policy -- The individualist -- Selling papers -- The czar -- The pleasant gang -- Aux barricades! -- Kinds of courage -- Romance -- The stolen letter -- Remember the Maine -- The trophies of Miltiades -- Hot time -- The rocking-chair period -- Hurrying to empire -- Ambush -- The crowded hour -- Matters of honor -- Spoils of war -- A certain blindness -- Never ending.
From the bestselling author of "Sea of Thunder" comes a riveting narrative about America's ferocious drive towards empire during the Gilded Age, and the uncanny resemblance of the Spanish-American War to the Iraq War of today.
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