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The Devil's Causeway: The True Story of America's First Prisoners of War in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue by Matthew Westfall Publisher Comments In 1899, a naval officers reckless grasp for glory triggered a real American Heart of Darkness—a rebel ambush, Americas first prisoners of war in the Philippines, their forced march through triple-canopy jungle and behind enemy lines, and one... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Spanish War, an American Epic--1898 by G J A Otoole Publisher Comments On the night of February 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine was ripped in half by an explosion in Havana harbor with the loss of 266 American lives. War with Spain followed nine weeks later. After a three-month fight on two fronts half a world apart... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Philippine War, 1899-1902 (Modern War Studies) by Brian Mcallist Linn Publisher Comments This year begins the centennial of the Philippine War, one of the most controversial and poorly understood events in American history. The war thrust the U.S. into the center of Pacific and Asian politics, with important and sometimes tragic consequences.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Little War of Private Post : Spanish-american War Seen Up Close (99 Edition) by Charles Johnson Post Publisher Comments Charles Johnson Post (1873-1956) received not one but two handmade red flannel bellybands for protection against tropical fevers when he enlisted as a private in 1898 with the 71st New York Infantry. He was paid a monthly wage of $13.00, with an... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Martial Spirit by Walter Millis Publisher Comments Replete with larger-than-life characters, the American adventure in Cuba, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands in 1898 was a watershed in the United States rise to world power. In this superbly written narrative of what we now call the Spanish-American War,... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Empire By Default the Spanish American by Ivan Musicant Publisher Comments The definitive version of the Spanish-American War as well as a dramatic account of America's emergence as a global power.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $4.25 Used - Hardcover
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A War of Frontier and Empire: The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902 by David Silbey Publisher Comments It has been termed an insurgency, a revolution, a guerrilla war, and a conventional war. As David J. Silbey demonstrates in this taut, compelling history, the 1899 Philippine-American War was in fact all of these. Played out over three distinct conflicts-... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream (12 Edition) by Gregg Jones Publisher Comments On the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the U.S. into a major world power. The Spanish-American War would forever change America's standing in global affairs, and drive the young nation into its own imperial... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream by Gregg Jones Publisher Comments On the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the U.S. into a major world power. The Spanish-American War would forever change America's standing in global affairs, and drive the young nation into its own imperial... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rough Riders (06 Edition) by Theodore Roosevelt Publisher Comments Based on the future President's diary from the Spanish-American War, this bestselling 1899 memoir abounds in scenes of patriotic valor and pointed observations on McKinley's War Department. Colonel Roosevelt presents a spirited chronicle of the First... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A War of Frontier and Empire: The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902 by David J Silbey Publisher Comments It has been termed an insurgency, a revolution, a guerrilla war, and a conventional war. As David J. Silbey demonstrates in this taut, compelling history, the 1899 Philippine-American War was in fact all of these. Played out over three distinct... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Texas A & M University Military History Series #89: Gentleman Soldier: John Clifford Brown & the Philippine-American War by Joseph P Mccallus Publisher Comments Based on the journal of John Clifford Brown, a veteran of the Philippine-American War, "Gentleman Soldier reveals the inner workings of a young man seduced by adventure. Educated as an engineer at M.I.T., Brown enjoyed the life of a typical New England... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Manila envelopes :Oregon volunteer Lt. George F. Telfer's Spanish-American War letters by George F Telfer Publisher Comments During the Spanish-American War, Lt. George F. Telfer of the Second Oregon Volunteers sent letters to his family describing his impressions of Filipino culture.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Roughriders by Theodore Roosevelt List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Conflicting Memories on the River of Death: The Chickamauga Battlefield and the Spanish-American War, 1863-1933 by Bradley S Keefer List Price $65.00 Your price: $36.00 Used - Hardcover
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Ship to Remember: The Maine & the Spanish-American War by Michael Blow Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-477) and index.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Spanish War, an American epic--1898 by G J A Otoole List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Nth Foot in War by M B Stewart Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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McKinley's Bulldog: The Battleship Oregon by Sanford Sternlicht Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Battleship Oregon Special Centennial Edition by Bert Webber Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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