Breve historia de la Guerra del 98

The loss of the last Spanish colonies. An episode that puts an end to the history of Spain as an international power and opens the door to the new hegemonic power: the United States. If there is a moment in the history of Spain in which patriotism blinded the spirits of the majority of the population, it was this. Brief History of the War of 1998. Spain against the United States tells us in an exceptional way the loss of the last Spanish colonies: Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, the Caroline Islands. The moment in which the death of Spain as an international power is certified and the birth of the new world power: the United States. Carlos Canales and Miguel del Rey use their immense experience in the history of warfare in Spain to narrate exciting episodes of this conflict, such as the defeat of Admiral Topete who, after breaking the US blockade on Cuba, will be defeated by Admiral Sampson in the legendary naval battle from Santiago de Cuba; or the fall of the splendid Manila. Before us, the heroic defenders of Baler, the soldiers of the Spanish defenses of El Caney, or figures such as William I of Germany, Maria Cristina of Habsburg or Theordore Roosevelt take shape. The book is completed with abundant maps of both the Caribbean islands and the China Sea, with innumerable photographic documentation and with two annexes: in the first of them, we are given a complete chronological index from November 1897 to June 1899 , and the second is, nothing more and nothing less, than the complete text of the Peace Treaty between the United States and Spain signed in the Paris Convention, in December 1899.