?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. David F. Trask?s War with Spain in 1898 is a cogent political and military history of that ?splendid little war.? It describes the failure of diplomacy; the state of preparedness of both sides; the battles, including those of Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders; the enlargement of conflict to rout the Spanish from Puerto Rico and the Philippines; and the misconceptions surrounding the war.

INCLUDES INDEX. Includes maps of: Naval and Troop Movements in the Caribbean Theater; Battle of Manila Bay; Harbor and Forts of Santiage de Cuba; Western Cuba; Eastern Cuba; Advance on Santiago de Cuba; Battles of El Caney and the San Juan Heights; Puerto Rican Campaign; Land Battle of Manila.

1. Origins of the War with Spain: The Cuban Insurrection ; Spain's Response to the Insurrection ; Grover Cleveland and the Cuban Insurrection ; The Woodford Mission ; To the Sinking of the Maine -- . The Failure of Diplomacy Rising Tensions ; Last Negotiations ; Spain's Quest for International Support ; War -- 3. Spain's Preparations for War: Defense of Cuba ; Admiral Cervera's Final Preparations ; Defense of the Philippines -- 4. War Plans and Preparations in the United States: Early Planning ; Initial Naval Preparations ; Final Naval Preparations: Caribbean Sea ; Final Naval Preparations: Western Pacific Ocean -- 5. The Battle of Manila Bay: Preliminaries ; The Naval Combat ; Aftermath -- 6. The Blockade of Cuba: Establishment of the Blockade ; Chase of Admiral Cervera ; Bottling Up Cervera ; Blockade of Santiago de Cuba ; Origins of Admiral Cdmara's Expedition -- . Mobilization of the United States Army: The Department of War in 1898 ; Prewar Plans and Preparations ; Recruitment of the Army ; Training Camp ; Evolution of Strategy: May ; 1898 -- 8. Tampa: Interlude in Tampa ; Ghost Squadron and Departure -- 9. Beginnings of the Campaign at Santiago de Cuba: Spanih Preparations at Santiago de Cuba ; Arrival at Santiago de Cuba ; Cuban-American Relations ; Landing at Daiquiri ; Skirmish at Las Gudsimas -- 10. Battles of El Caney and the San Juan Heights: Preparations to Attack Santiago de Cuba ; El Caney ; San Juan Heights ; After the Battles -- 11. The Sea Battle of Santiago de Cuba: Cervera's Preparations for a Sortie ; The Action of July 3 -- 12. Admiral Cimara and the Eastern Squadron: Origins of the Eastern Squadron ; Fate of Cdmara's Squadron ; Fate of the Eastern Squadron -- 13. The Siege of Santiago de Cuba: Early Siege Operations ; Negotiations for Capitulation ; Capitulation -- 14. After the Capitulation at Santiago de Cuba: Aftermath of the Capitulation ; Epidemic ; Montauk -- 15. The Puerto Rican Campaign: Plans and Preparations ; Organization of Forces ; Operations in Puerto Rico -- 16. Beginnings of the Manila Campaign: Spanish Defense at Manila ; American Reactions to Departure of Cdmara's Squadron ; Germany at Manila Bay ; Preparation of the Army's Expedition to Manila ; Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands -- 17. The Rise of Emilio Aguinaldo: Philippine Insurrection of 1896-1897 ; Aguinaldo and the Americans ; American-Filipino Collaboration ; May-July 1898 -- 18. The Conquest of Manila: Preparations for the Assault ; Battle of Manila ; -- 19. Preliminaries of Peace: Preliminaries to the Protocol ; Negotiation of the Protocol ; Background of the Peace Negotiations -- 20. The Treaty of Paris: Early Negotiations ; Decision to Annex the Philippines ; Conclusion of Negotiations ; The Senate and the Treaty.