The War Lovers
The author examined the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, and argued that there was no evidence implicating the Spanish for the attack. He contends that the incident was trumped up to spur support for war. Evan Thomas discussed his book at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
Evan Thomas, assistant managing editor of Newsweek, recounts the lead-up to the Spanish-American War and profiles three men who he asserts w… read more
Evan Thomas, assistant managing editor of Newsweek, recounts the lead-up to the Spanish-American War and profiles three men who he asserts were eager to go to war: Teddy Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Randolph Hearst, as well as three men who were wary about going to war: Thomas Reed, William James, and President William McKinley.
The author examined the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, and argued that there was no evidence implicating the Spanish for the attack. He contends that the incident was trumped up to spur support for war. Evan Thomas discussed his book at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. close
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