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1	Message to Garcia more books like this by Elbert Hubbard, Fra add to wishlist Before becoming the basis for two motion pictures, A Message to Garcia was written as an inspirational essay by Elbert Hubbard. This popular work is about a soldier who takes the initiative to accomplish a daunting and difficult task without questions or objections and graciously accomplishes the task. Often used in business and life as a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Rough Riders more books like this by Theodore Roosevelt, IV add to wishlist The advent of war with Spain was a glorious opportunity for forceful leadership not to be missed by the hotheaded young Theodore Roosevelt. He resigned his post as assistant-secretary of the Navy in April, 1898, and, despite the strong disapproval of family and friends, he joined the Army as Lt. Colonel of a regiment to be raised in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s more books like this by H W Brands add to wishlist Just as we do today, Americans of the 1890s faced changes in economics, politics, society, and technology that led to wrenching and sometimes violent tensions between rich and poor, capital and labor, white and black, East and West. In The Reckless Decade, H. W. Brands demonstrates that we can learn a lot about the contradictions that lie at the ... see all copies from $6.79! new only from $11.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Rough Rider more books like this by Gilbert Morris add to wishlist Unable to stop his younger brother, Lewis, from joining Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders to fight the Spanish in Cuba, Aaron Winslow decides to go with Lewis to protect him while also considering an offer to be a war correspondent for "The New York Journal". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.49!
5	A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings more books like this by Elbert Hubbard, Fra add to wishlist Often used in business and life as a motivational example, this popular work is about a soldier who takes the initiative to accomplish a daunting and difficult task, and who, without questions or objections, graciously accomplishes the task. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| SVS
6	The Spanish War, an American Epic--1898 more books like this by G J A O'Toole add to wishlist "O'Toole is . . . astonishingly good. . . . [He] is a master of the knack of weaving significant detail into his recapitulation of the war." -Alden Whitman, Chicago Sun-Times see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.89! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Cuba Libre more books like this by Elmore Leonard add to wishlist Gunrunner Ben Tyler travels to Cuba during the Spanish-American war hoping to sell arms to Cuban nationals and make a hefty profit. Then the USS Maine explodes, sending the already turbulent region into greater turmoil. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Empire by Default more books like this by Ivan Musicant add to wishlist A history of the Spanish-American War and the rise of imperialism in America in the late 19th century. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $19.20! \| first editions
9	The Boys of '98: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders more books like this by Dale L Walker add to wishlist A history of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the "Rough Riders," and their role in the Spanish-American War. Organized by Theodore Roosevelt expressly to take part in the Cuban conflict, the Rough Riders drew its recruits from all walks of life and became famous as a result the Battle of San Juan Hill. The celebrity that Roosevelt ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
10	The Sinking of the "Merrimac" more books like this by Richmond Pearson Hobson add to wishlist A personal account of the most daring exploit in the Spanish-American War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.00! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Fate of the Maine more books like this by John Edward Weems add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00! new only from $14.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Imperial Kelly more books like this by Peter Bowen add to wishlist Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly's adventures continue as he leaves behind the Western frontier to help America flex its muscles on the international stage. This time out, Kelly gets mixed up with Theodore Roosevelt, a young Winston Churchill, and Churchill's beautiful American mother as he joins the Rough Riders in Cuba and finds true love in the ... see all copies from $12.24! signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Martial Spirit more books like this by Walter Millis add to wishlist In this narrative of the Spanish-American War, Millis analyzes the causes and motives of the time's leading spirits and recounts the ironies and grotesqueries of the conflict. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	An Army for Empire: The United States Army in the Spanish-American War more books like this by Graham A Cosmas add to wishlist This fully documented study presents the organization and administration of the Spanish-American War army and the responses of the War Department to the conflict of 1898 and the challenges of overseas empire. In a clear and concise manner, Cosmas puts forth factors that invited many of the war's disasters. The Congressional penury of the 1890s, ... see all copies from $7.57! new only from $21.54! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The War with Spain in 1898 more books like this by David F Trask add to wishlist "Remember the Maine!" The war cry spread throughout the United States after the American battleship was blown up in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. Americans, already sympathetic with Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain, demanded action. Brief and decisive, not too costly, the Spanish-American War made the United States a world power. ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $34.50!
16 view cover	Leonard Wood: Rough Rider, Surgeon, Architect of American Imperialism more books like this by Jack McCallum add to wishlist One of the most fascinating but least remembered figures in modern American history, Major General Leonard Wood (1860-1927) was, with his close friend Teddy Roosevelt, an icon of US imperialism as the nation evolved into a global power at the dawn of the twentieth century. The myriad of roles that Wood played in his extraordinary career offer a ... see all copies from $6.75! new only from $14.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Spanish-American War and President McKinley more books like this by Lewis L Gould add to wishlist This succinct, readable paperback, an outgrowth of the author's highly-acclaimed volume The Presidency of William McKinley substantially supersedes other accounts of the coming of the war with Spain, and provides a new and refreshing perspective on McKinley's handling of the war. The volume makes clear that McKinley's expansive view of ... see all copies from $9.85! new only from $17.64! \| SVS
18 view cover	The splendid little war more books like this by Frank Burt Freidel add to wishlist This is the compelling story of this often over-looked conflict, told largely in the words of the participants themselves. It was a war peopled by the famous and those soon to be: Teddy Roosevelt, Stephen Crane, Clara Barton, and William Jennings Bryan are among those who played key roles in the war against Spain. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Under Fire with the Tenth U.S. Cavalry more books like this by Herschel V. Cashin add to wishlist A team of black soldiers & civilians collaborated on this interesting history of black military skill during the Spanish-American War. It includes many rare documents, photographs & information on black military valor during the Indian Wars. This work concentrates mainly on the heroism of the Ninth & Tenth Cavalries & the Twenty-fourth & Twenty ... see all copies from $13.95! new only from $58.50! \| first editions
20 view cover	Rough Rider: Buckey O'Neill of Arizona more books like this by Dale L Walker add to wishlist Buckey O'Neill was famous in Arizona Territory as a gambler, lawyer, newspaperman, miner, sheriff, and politician. This fast-moving narrative takes him from the streets of Tombstone all the way to Cuba, where he won Theodore Roosevelt's admiration as the wildest and bravest of the Rough Riders. Dale L. Walker has twice won the Spur Award from the ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $12.13! \| signed copies \| SVS
21 view cover	Crittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love & War more books like this by John Fox add to wishlist 1911. War correspondent and author, Fox wrote 14 novels and 45 short stories. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is his best-known and best-selling book. Crittenden begins: Day breaking on the edge of the Bluegrass and birds singing the dawn in. Ten minutes swiftly along the sunrise and the world is changed: from nervous exaltation of atmosphere ... see all copies from $2.40! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	War of 1898: The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography more books like this by Louis A Perez, Jr. add to wishlist A century after the Cuban war for independence was fought, Louis Perez examines the meaning of the war of 1898 as represented in 100 years of American historical writing. Offering both a critique of the conventional historiography and an alternate history of the war informed by Cuban sources, Perez explores the assumptions that have shaped our ... see all copies from $10.92! new only from $24.23! \| SVS
23 view cover	Imperial Surge: The United States Abroad, the 1890s-Early 1900s more books like this by Professor Thomas G Paterson (Editor), Stephen G Rabe (Editor) add to wishlist Part I of this text investigates issues such as McKinley' s foreign policy, the Spanish-American War, economic factors, and the drive for influence in China and the Caribbean. Part II considers the anti-imperialist effort and its ultimate failure. Part III explores the impact of U.S. policy on other nations and peoples. see all copies from $2.09!
24 view cover	1898: The Birth of the American Century more books like this by David Traxel add to wishlist A history of the United States in 1898. Traxel describes the United States at the end of the 19th century as a society poised on the brink of maturity, with a nascent empire, a booming economy, and a vast influx of immigrants. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.56! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Spanish-American War (H) more books like this by Donald M Goldstein, J Michael Wenger, Katherine V Dillon add to wishlist THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR is the definitive pictorial record of the war that brought the United States onto the world's stage and into the twentieth century see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions

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