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008			970624s1998 nyuab b 001 0 eng
020			_a0805035001 (hbk : acid-free paper)
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050	1	4	_a002 E 715 _bM987e 1998
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100	1		_aMusicant, Ivan, _d1943-
245	1	0	_aEmpire by default : _bthe Spanish-American War and the dawn of the American century / _cIvan Musicant.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bH. Holt, _c1998.
300			_aix, 740 p. : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
440			_aMarian Wood book
500			_a"A Marian Wood book."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 704-716) and index.
520			_aNow, moving from the councils of Madrid to the conferences in Washington, from the victory at Manila Bay to the battle of San Juan Hill, from factional in-fighting to inflammatory journalism, prizewinning historian Ivan Musicant offers a dramatic narrative that, in this centenary year, will stand as the definitive account. Step-by-step, Musicant takes the reader through the thicket of arguments and decisions that led to America's almost accidental mantling as an imperial power. Here are the issues and debates, the strategies and obstacles, the ideals, interests, and missed opportunities. Here, too, are the political conflicts of the day - conflicts that America would encounter repeatedly in the century to come and that reveal as much about the flaws in its governmental system as they do about the ambiguities in the nation's vision of itself.
650		0	_aSpanish-American War, 1898.
650		4	_aGuerra hispanoamericana, 1898 _97274
856	4	2	_3Book review (H-Net) _uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a7u8-aa
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/97028238-d.html
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