HIST 2057 Chapter : Foreign Policy
Document Summary
Spain lost of its empire in the new world except cuba and. Another revolution breaks out in cuba in the mid 1900"s. Cuban rebels seek support from people in florida: background, spain"s counter insurgency program (gen. weyler) Drawing strength from the people of cuba. People provide intelligence, a place to eat/sleep, provide support. He sets up concentration camps in the interior. Peasants work the fields by day and are put in the camps at night. Cuba is one of the unhealthiest places on earth. (all kinds of disease) People start to die like flies : crisis in spanish u. s. Have rival newspapers looking for anything that will sell a newspaper (yellow journalism) William said he would provide the war. President mckinley does not want to go to war/ did everything he could to avoid it: partisan politics, delome letter said bad things about mckinley. Spanish people intercept the letter and release it to the public.
