Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-331) and index
Eloy Gonzalo and the disaster of war -- The origins of Cuban independence -- José Martí : a dream of Cuba -- Emilio Calleja and the failure of reform -- Máximo Gómez and total war -- Antonio Maceo and the battle of Peralejo -- The Cuban Liberation Army -- The Spanish Army -- Arsenio Martínez Campos : defending the indefensible -- Mal tiempo and the romance of the machete -- The invasion of the west -- Valeriano Weyler : the butcher -- The death of Maceo -- Reconcentration -- The monster and the assassin -- The jingoes -- Frascuelo versus Edison -- The splendid disaster