Anti-Imperialism and the Role of the Press, 1895-1902
by
Charles Quince
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Following the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898, pro-war arguments in the American press led public opinion to favor engaging in the Spanish-American War—or so goes the popular version of events. Yet there was a substantial anti-imperialist segment of the public that tried to halt...