The Spanish-American War
Subtitle: 1898 (Great Campaigns)
Publisher: Combined Publishing
Published: April 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780938289579
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; War & defence operations; Spanish-American War, 1898; Military History - Modern; History - Military / War; History: American; Spain; USA; United States - 19th Century/Turn of the Century; Latin America - Central America; Military - United States; Campaigns
First sentence: Save for an occasional moonbeam breaking through the cloud cover or periodic bolts of tropical lightning, signaling intermittent rain squalls which from time to time swept across the sea, the night of 30 April-1 May 1898 was warm, calm, and dark over the South China Sea.