The Martial Spirit - Paperback

by Walter Millis (Author)

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, Walter Millis analyzes the causes and motives of the time's leading spirits -- Teddy Roosevelt, Hearst, Pulitzer, Dewey, Lodge, Hay, and others -- and recounts the ironies and grotesqueries of the conflict.

Author Biography

Walter Millis (1899-1968) wrote for many years for the New York Herald-Tribune and later joined the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. He is also the author of Road to War and Arms and Men, and is the editor of The Forrestal Diaries.