Research Catalog

Title

Manila and Santiago : the new steel Navy in the Spanish-American War / Jim Leeke.

Author

Leeke, Jim, 1949-

Publication

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2009.

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Details

Description

xi, 190 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

Using a journalistic approach to the study of the Spanish-American War, the author provides some memorable portraits of the colorful officers who decided the outcome of the decisive naval battles of war at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba. Along with the American officers, the author also provides sympathetic portraits of several Spanish officers including Admirals Patricio Montojo and Pasqual Cervera. This work details a war in which victory was determined as much by leadership as by the technology of the American Steel Navy.

Subject

• United States. Navy > History > Spanish-American War, 1898
• United States. Navy
• To 1900
• Spanish-American War, 1898 Naval operations, American
• Spanish-American War, 1898 > Philippines > Manila
• Spanish-American War, 1898 > Cuba > Santiago de Cuba
• Warships > United States > History > 19th century
• Ships, Iron and steel > United States > History > 19th century
• Guerre hispano-américaine, 1898 > Philippines > Manille
• Guerre hispano-américaine, 1898 > Cuba > Santiago de Cuba
• Navires de guerre > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle
• Navires en fer et acier > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle
• Guerra hispano-americana, 1898 > Operaciones navales
• Barcos de guerra > Estados Unidos > Historia
• Marina de guerra > Estados Unidos > S.XIX
• Military operations, Naval > American
• Ships, Iron and steel
• Warships
• United States History, Naval To 1900
• États-Unis > Histoire navale > Jusqu'à 1900
• Cuba > Santiago de Cuba
• Philippines > Manila
• United States
• Ships, Iron and steel United States History 19th century
• Spanish-American War, 1898 Cuba Santiago de Cuba
• Spanish-American War, 1898 Philippines Manila
• United States Navy History Spanish-American War, 1898
• Warships United States History 19th century

Genre/Form

• History
• Naval history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Thirty-three years (1865-98) -- Fort Fisher -- The doldrums -- The Commodore -- The Maine -- Inquiry -- pt. 2. Manila -- Hong Kong -- Cruisers -- "God of victories" -- Magistrate and monk -- "Perfect line of battle" -- pt. 3. Santiago -- "Fighting Bob" -- Cervera -- Battleships -- The crossing -- Cienfuegos -- The Merrimac -- Blockade -- "God and the gunners" -- "Big enough for all" -- Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Comparative squadron strength, Manila Bay -- Appendix B: Comparative fleet strength, Santiago de Cuba.

ISBN

• 9781591144649
• 1591144647

LCCN

2009006331

OCLC

• 262434717
• SCSB-11286312

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library