TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Quesada,A.M.
TI  - The Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection, 1898-1902
T2  - Men-at-arms
SN  - 9781846031243 (pbk.)
AV  - UC463 .D33 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford, UK, New York
PB  - Osprey Pub.
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Uniforms
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Spain
KW  - Ejército
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - Spanish-American War, 1898
KW  - Equipment and supplies
KW  - Philippine American War, 1899-1902
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references (p. 43) and index
N2  - This book details the uniforms and weapons of the American, Spanish, Cuban and Filipino forces involved in the United States Army's first overseas war. in 1898 the USA took the decision to intervene in the Cuban war of independence against Spain, and to expel the last vestige of European colonial rule from the Americas. this also led to the Philippine Islands; and there, US troops were sent into the jungle to fight a ''colonial rule from the Americas. This also led to US acquiring rule over the Philippine Islands; and there , US troops were sent into the jungle to fight a ''colonial'' war their own, against Filipino insurgents unwilling to exchange one master for another. The text is illustrated with early rare photographs, and color plates
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0715/2007275574.html
ER  -