Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War “The Conquest of the United States by Spain,” by William Graham Sumner; “Imperialism, Noninterventionism,and Revolution: Opponents of the Modern American Empire,” by Joseph R. Stromberg; “The Spanish-American War: The Leap into Overseas Empire,” by Joseph R. Stromberg; “The Spanish–American War as Trial Run, or Empire as its Own Justification,” by Joseph R. Stromberg, in the outstanding book, The Costs of War: America’s Pyrrhic Victories, edited by John V. Denson; Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars Which Altered Forever the Political Life of the American Republic, by Walter Karp; Republic or Empire? … Continue reading The Spanish-American War: Republic or Empire