![]() ![]() ![]() Now, bestselling historian Evan Thomas brings us the full story of this monumental turning point in American history. At stake was not only sending troops to Cuba and the Philippines, Spain's sprawling colony on the other side of th e world-but the friendships between these men. ![]() On the other side were Roosevelt's former teacher, philosopher William Jame s, and his friend and political ally, Thomas Reed, the powerful Speaker of the House. The Maine would provide the e xcuse they'd been waiting for. William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal falsely heralded that Spain's "secret i nfernal machine" had destroyed the battleship as Hearst himself saw great p otential in whipping Americans into a frenzy. Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge were influen tial politicians dismayed by the "closing" of the Western frontier. ![]() A powerful group of war lovers agitated that the United States exert its mu scle across the seas. shores, where it was met by some not with alarm but great enthusiasm. On February 15, 1898, the American ship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in the Havana Harbor. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. ![]()
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