Osprey - San Juan 1898

Also published as: Campaign 57: San Juan Hill 1898
America's Emergence as a World Power

Author: Angus Konstam
Illustrator: David Rickman
Publisher: Osprey Publishing Co, September 2000
ISBN 1-84176-122-2
Softcover, 96 pages, measures (in inches) 0.50 x 9.75 x 7.25

About this Book
Labelled a 'splendid little war' by Senator John Hay, the Spanish American War was a peculiar event in America's history, provoked as much by the press as by political pressures. Here, aided by superbly detailed maps and artwork, the author deals with the clashes at Las Guasimas and El Caney, the capture of San Juan Hill, and the naval battle and siege of Santiago. The war was to mark the end of Spanish sovereignty in her 'New World', and the establishment of the United States of America as a world power.

Contents

• Origins of the Campaign
  
• Opposing Commanders
  
• Opposing Armies
  
• The Campaign
  
• The Battles of 1 July
  
• Aftermath
  
• Chronology
  
• Bibliography
  
• The Battlefield Today
  
• Orders of Battle
  
• Wargaming Santiago