Monthly Review Press, Date: 1972-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1972. Monthly Review Press ISBN 0853452660 9780853452669 [US]

Monthly Review Press, Date: 2071-12-31. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Monthly Review Press ISBN 0853452660 9780853452669 [US]

ISBN10: 0853452660, ISBN13: 9780853452669, [publisher: Monthly Review Press] Softcover First Edition First printings, near or about fine, light wear. Vol. 2, ISBN: 0853452679
[Ottawa, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1972]

New York: Monthly Review Press, Date: 1972. Stated first printings. Hardcover. Fine in near fine jackets housed in archival mylars./Near fine. 2 volumes (xxxiv, 716 pages) 21 cm.. Includes bibliographical references. Modern reader; Variation: Modern reader paperbacks. [series]. Foner, Philip Sheldon, 1910-1994. Contents: V. 1. 1895-1898. -- v. 2. 1898-1902. "This major work by Philip Foner, the well-known historian, has as its chief object the re-definition of the conflict known in the U.S. historiography as the "Spanish-American" war. This very name, in his view, reflects the bias of two generations of historians who relegated Cuba to the passive position of a prize in a struggle between Spain and the United States. It is his contention that the Cuban nation, by virtue of its prolonged and successful rebellion of 1895-1898 (treated in Vol. 1) was a central protagonist of the conflict, its role ending when it was subjected to neocolonial status by the United States. In pursuing this new outlook, Professor Foner studied the sources available in the United States, the rich materials in the Archivo Nacional and the Library of the City Historian in Havana, and enlisted help and documentary evidence furnished by the leading historians and historical institutes of Cuba. These sources have enabled him to deal at length with the occupation and subjugation of Cuba by the United States and reconstruct the story in richer detail and in a more realistic interpretation than has ever ...