Title: Remembering the Maine /
Authors: Samuels, Peggy.; Samuels, Harold.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Maine (Battleship); Spanish-American War, 1898 Causes
Abstract: A reexamination of the explosion that led to the Spanish-American War, which the authors believe was caused by a Spanish mine.
Contents: Resolving a naval mystery -- Rebellion in Cuba -- The new U.S. navy -- Constructing the Maine -- The captain of the Maine -- Sending the Maine -- The Maine arrives -- The Maine in Havana harbor -- Quiet weeks on the Maine -- The big bang on the Maine -- The Maine destroyed -- Reporting the Maine disaster -- Spontaneous combustion on the Maine -- Why did the Maine explode? -- The inquiry on the Maine -- Getting the inquiry started -- Identifying the Maine's keel -- The president's message -- Testimony concerning the Maine -- The telltale plates -- The sampson findings -- Declaration of war -- The view from the other side -- American rebuttal -- Raising the Maine -- The second American inquiry -- The end of the Maine -- Rickover and the Maine -- Hansen-Price and the Maine -- Who was the perpetrator.