At the beginning of 1898, the United States of America was a minor player in world politics, with a devastating civil war just 32 years in its past. A year later, the US was arguably the biggest force in the Western Hemisphere, having wrested Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines from Spain, turned Cuba into […]
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