Threshold of empire and the battle for Manila 1898-1899. James H. Nelson.

rather they are addressed as a side issue to the Cuban Campaign of the same war. In Threshold of Empire: Battle for Manila 1898--1899, author James Nelson offers a unique perspective in common terms, captivating and often thrilling, presenting the reader with thought provoking and timeless questions that surely apply to the present and the future.

The war with Spain was an inevitable result of decades of expasionist fervor in the United States. The capture of the Philippines from the Spanish, and then the subjugation of the Filipinos, were singular sign posts along the path of American empire. The war was the first forceful step across a threshold from national mediocrity onto the world stage as a military and political power broker.The events in the Philippines during that war are rarely spoken of in detail