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Why There Was No Privateering in the Spanish-American War
July 28, 2018
Contents: Introduction The Declaration of Paris and the “Barbarous Warfare” of Privateering The Righteous Victim: Spain’s Contradictory Diplomacy over Privateering Professionals and Privateers: American Naval Strategy in the War with Spain Honor for want of a Ship: Spanish Naval Strategy in 1898 Conclusion Bibliography Scott D. Wagner Undergraduate Student College of Wooster Introduction The front … CONTINUE READING ❯
The First Naval War College Plan Against Spain by Lt. Cmdr. Charles H. Stockton
May 26, 2016
Introduction In a message to Congress on March 8, 1880 President Rutherford B. Hayes proclaimed: The policy of this country is a canal under American control. The United States cannot consent to the surrender of this control to any European Power. . . . No European Power can intervene . . . without adopting measures … CONTINUE READING ❯
A Navy of Foreigners, Mercenaries, and Amateurs: Naval Enlistment in the Spanish-American War
May 26, 2016
Contents: The State of the Navy Encouraging Enlistment Naval Militias Conclusion Daniel Roberts Naval History and Heritage Command In April of 1898, the former Spanish Minister of Marine José María Beránger y Ruiz de Apodaca was confident that the Spanish Navy would be victorious combat with the United States. He informed the newspaper El Imparcial: … CONTINUE READING ❯