The war lovers
Subtitle: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the rush to empire, 1898
By: Evan Thomas
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9780316004091
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-4453) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Dreaming of father; title: The noble hacks; title: Manifest destiny; title: The large policy; title: The individualist; title: Selling papers; title: The czar; title: The pleasant gang; title: Aux barricades!; title: Kinds of courage; title: Romance; title: The stolen letter; title: Remember the Maine; title: The trophies of Miltiades; title: Hot time; title: The rocking-chair period; title: Hurrying to empire; title: Ambush; title: The crowded hour; title: Matters of honor; title: Spoils of war; title: A certain blindness; title: Never ending