America at War
Subtitle: The Philippines, 1898-1913
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780275968212
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; War & defence operations; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; History; History - Military / War; Military; Philippines; USA; Asia - Southeast Asia; Military - General; Military - United States; History / Military / General; Modern - 20th Century; 19th century; 20th century; Campaigns; History, Military; Sources; Spanish-American War, 1898
First sentence: In January 1898 two freelance newspaper correspondents, John T. McCutcheon and Edwin Harden, went aboard the U.S. Treasury Department's newest thousand-ton revenue cutter, the McCulloch, for an intended trip around the world.