内容简介
OnthenightofFebruary15,1898,theU.S.battleshipMainewasrippedinhalfbyanexplosioninHavanaharborwiththelossof266Americanlives.WarwithSpainfollowednineweekslater.Afterathree-monthfightontwofrontshalfaworldapart,theeraofisolationwasgoneforever,astheUnitedStatesformedalliancesandgainedspheresofinfluencethatwouldshapeitsdesstinyfordecadestocome.G.J.A.O'ToolecolorfullydepictsthesweepofeventsandalsopresentsnewfindingsonthemysteriousmissionoftheMaineandonthepartplayedbyWashingtonintheexpansionoftheconflict.