HIS 315L Lecture 4: Lecture 4: The War of 1898
Document Summary
Remember the maine us motives and war aims. Postwar policy in east asia and in the caribbean. The closed frontier and a psychic crisis or extra political considerations. Gender confusion and a crisis of manliness. Gender identity and the cuban intervention debate continued. The yellow press , atrocities, and humanitarian outcries. Hearst, pulitzer, and others: new york"s journal and world; puck and judge. Renewed disorder in havana; the dispatch of the maine. The us war in cuba and the pacific ocean. Us control of cuba, puerto rico, the phillipines, guam. No cuban or philippine voice in the negotiations. Positives: a quick victory that reaffirms manhood, secures overseas outposts, and heals sectional wounds.
