De nación a imperio: La expansión de los Estados Unidos por el Pacífico durante la guerra hispano-norteamericana de 1898

Abstract

1898 was the year of the Spanish-American War. For the United States that date has remain as the symbol of the beginning of their transformation from nation to empire. The war with Spain was the moment to adopt a new foreign policy. It supposed a bigger implication in the international scene and the consolidation of the U.S. interests in the Caribbean, in the Pacific and in the Far East. This process had a fundamental importance in the international history of the 20th century. The paper analyzes the international framework of the Spanish-American War. It studies the foreign policy of William McKinley and the politic, economic and ideological factors which urged to the expansion outside their continental frontiers. It connects the war in Cuba with war in Philippines, and devotes an special attention to three questions in debate: the Dewey attack to Manila, the consolidation of the victory and the annexation of the Philippines.