The Santiago Campaign of 1898

A Soldier's View of the Spanish-American War

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A.B. Feuer

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This story is an account of the Santiago, Cuba, land campaign of the Spanish-American War, as conducted by General William R. Shafter's Fifth Army Corps. The narrative is based on firsthand information gathered from handwritten diaries, memoirs, and regimental and company histories of the men who participated in the campaign. These chronicles of frontline action paint an entirely different picture of what has been called The Splendid Little War. The opponent, far from being the cowardly Spanish soldier of myth, is revealed to be a courageous, resourceful foe. Furthermore, the attack on the outer defenses of Santiago was totally mismanaged by William Shafter, the American General in command, and his incompetent staff. Only the U.S. Navy's victory over the Spanish squadron on July 3, 1898, rescued the army from disaster.

Author Biography:

A. B. FEUER is a military historian and freelance newspaper and magazine journalist. The author of Bilibid Diary: The Secret Notebooks of Commander Thomas Hayes, Combat Diary: Episodes from the History of the Twenty-Second Regiment, 1866-1905 (Praeger, 1991), and General Chennault's Secret Weapon: The B-24 in China (Praeger, 1992) and the editor of Coast Watching in the Solomon Islands: The Bougainville Reports (Praeger, 1992), he has also published articles in numerous journals, including Military History Magazine, Sea Classics, Civil War Quarterly and World War II. He is a book reviewer for Military Review and Military History.

Release date NZ

July 30th, 1993

Author

A.B. Feuer

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Pages

216

Dimensions

156x234x12

ISBN-13

9780275944797

Product ID

13946477

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