Envisioning Cuba

By: John Lawrence Tone

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Paperback | 1 September 2008

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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, according to John Tone, the longer Spanish-Cuban conflict 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 popularity of the Cuban insurgency; the necessity of American intervention; and Spain's supposed foreknowledge of defeat.

The Spanish-Cuban-American war proved pivotal in the histories of all three countries involved. Tone's fresh analysis will provoke new discussions and debates among historians and human rights scholars as they reexamine the war in which the concentration camp was invented, Cuba was born, Spain lost its empire, and America gained an overseas empire.

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"[Tone] provides a fresh understanding of this dismal war, and he has written what is arguably the best single account of it." - Journal of American History"

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Non-Fiction History Military History Regional & National History History of the Americas European History Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies General Studies Specific Events & Topics in History Geonocide & Ethnic Cleansing Earliest Times to Present Day

Modern History from 1700 to 1900

Preface	p. xi
Eloy Gonzalo and the Disaster of War	p. 1
The Origins of Cuban Independence	p. 15
Jose Marti: A Dream of Cuba	p. 31
Emilio Calleja and the Failure of Reform	p. 43
Maximo Gomez and Total War	p. 57
Antonio Maceo and the Battle of Peralejo	p. 69
The Cuban Liberation Army	p. 81
The Spanish Army	p. 97
Arsenio Martinez Campos: Defending the Indefensible	p. 113
Mal Tiempo and the Romance of the Machete	p. 123
The Invasion of the West	p. 139
Valeriano Weyler: The Butcher	p. 153
The Death of Maceo	p. 179
Reconcentration	p. 193
The Monster and the Assassin	p. 225
The Jingoes	p. 239
Frascuelo versus Edison	p. 251
The Splendid Disaster	p. 273
Notes	p. 289
Bibliography	p. 315
Index	p. 333
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