{"product_id":"splendid-liberators-heroism-betrayal-resistance-and-the-birth-of-american-empire-hardcover","title":"Splendid Liberators: Heroism, Betrayal, Resistance, and the Birth of American Empire - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBest Book of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis immersive epic reveals the origins of the American empire and the lives of those who promoted it and those who resisted it. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1898, the United States gained an empire, and--many allege--lost its soul. In just a few dramatic weeks, American forces wrested Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines from Spanish rule, but their \"splendid little war\" had a long and difficult aftermath, with the \"liberators\" facing resistance and resentment and their country tempted by imperial ambition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Splendid Liberators\u003c\/i\u003e, the prizewinning historian Joe Jackson offers an epic narrative of the Spanish-American War, an overlooked conflict that nonetheless created the template for later adventures and misadventures abroad. Jackson brings our first major overseas intervention to full, teeming life with portraits of its many leading characters, such as the prophetic Cuban revolutionary José Martí, the Philippines' dignified President Emilio Aguinaldo, the reluctant annexationist President William McKinley, and the impetuous warrior Teddy Roosevelt. We meet the legendary but embattled nurse Clara Barton and the fiery critic of empire Mark Twain, along with many others, from a young recruit buried alive to an African American \"Buffalo Soldier\" who joined the Philippine insurgency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, Jackson explores the heroic theaters of San Juan Hill and Manila Bay, the disease-wracked encampments of Florida and Cuba, and the smoky halls of Congress, where politicians debated the ethics of territorial aggrandizement and the extension of manifest destiny beyond the North American continent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProdigiously researched, \u003ci\u003eSplendid Liberators \u003c\/i\u003edraws on American, Cuban, and Filipino sources to reveal the reality of the conflict. The result is a major work of narrative nonfiction that gauges the consequences of a pivotal war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight previous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's Top Ten Books of 2008, and \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Fever: Lindbergh, His Competitors, and the Race to Cross the Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. His last book, \u003ci\u003eBlack Elk: The Life of an American Visionary\u003c\/i\u003e, won the PEN\/ Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography, the Society of American Historians' Francis Parkman Prize, and the Western Writers of America's Spur Award and was named the best biography of 2016 by \u003ci\u003eTrue West\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. A former investigative journalist, he holds an MFA from the University of Arkansas and lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 816\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.82 x 9.22 x 6.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52637949657395,"sku":"9780374191900","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/xl2FgrXddS9780374191900.webp?v=1781934143","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/splendid-liberators-heroism-betrayal-resistance-and-the-birth-of-american-empire-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}