The island of Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States after the Spanish-American War. Although the usual narrative is ...

This in-depth breakdown covers the dramatic rise of the United States as a global power following the 1898 Spanish-American ...

So, I ask: What percentage of Spain would you have ceded to Napoleon's France to avoid all those deaths? Perhaps 20% or 50%?

A Spanish colony since the 15 th century ... recognized the primary reason for the failure of the First War of Independence: ...

Unlike the Ten Years' War, the Cuban Independence Movement of the 1890s ... including maps and information about the Spanish officers. Marti (1853-1895), a Cuban émigré who organized the ...