Title: The unwept
First published: 1996
Description: THIS BRIEF BUT IMPORTANT BOOK HAS A TWO FOLD PURPOSE. FIRST, TO SHOW THAT ALTHOUGH TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND THE ROUGH RIDERS GOT THE GLORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN DEFEATING THE SPANISH, AND SECONDLY, TO SHOW THAT AS A RESULT OF THE AMERICAN VICTORY, THE UNITED STATES CHANGED FROM AN ISOLATIONIST COUNTRY TO ONE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN WORLD AFFAIRS.
Subjects: African American Participation, African American troops, History, Participation, African American, Spanish-American War, 1898, United States, United States. Army
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: E725.5.N3 S36 1996