The war lovers : Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the rush to empire, 1898 / Evan Thomas.

Author: Thomas, Evan, 1951-

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.

Descriptionviii, 471 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Dreaming of father -- The noble hacks -- Manifest destiny -- The large policy -- The individualist -- Selling papers -- The czar -- The pleasant gang -- Aux barricades! -- Kinds of courage -- Romance -- The stolen letter -- Remember the Maine -- The trophies of Miltiades -- Hot time -- The rocking-chair period -- Hurrying to empire -- Ambush -- The crowded hour -- Matters of honor -- Spoils of war -- A certain blindness -- Never ending.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-4453) and index.

Note:From the bestselling author of "Sea of Thunder" comes a riveting narrative about America's ferocious drive towards empire during the Gilded Age, and the uncanny resemblance of the Spanish-American War to the Iraq War of today.

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