Power and progress : American national identity, the War of 1898, and the rise of American imperialism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCartney, Paul T., 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2006]
Series:Political traditions in foreign policy series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Culture, national identity, and the idea of American mission
  • American cultural constructs in the 1890's
  • Entering the war : the general background
  • Mckinley and Congress frame U.S. intervention in the war
  • "American greatness" in popular culture and political analysis
  • Power and expansion
  • Mckinley and the decision to expand
  • Debating the treaty and expansion
  • Selling imperialism.