Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence. American attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately to the Philippine–American War.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish–American War
• Pages 636-638 - Morris, Edmund, 1973, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt: Ballantine Books, New York, 886p.