Thursday, July 3, 2014

Dangerous Nation

Dangerous Nation
by Robert Kagan    2006

America's Place in the World
from It's Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century.

At end of book:
Chapter 12
Morality and Hegemony - page 356
Spanish-American war started in 1898 and lasted only about 10 weeks. 
US military defeated Spain and made independent Cuba, Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico.
President McKinley replaced President Cleveland in 1898 and approved the military action which Cleveland refused to do. 

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