The Story of Cuba

“The Story of Cuba is a tragedy.” Murat Halstead wrote it while the insurrection was still burning — four centuries of Spanish rule, the sugar and slave economy, Weyler’s camps, and an America deciding whether to intervene.

Table of Contents

Introduction

INTRODUCTION FIRST EVENTS AND EARLY INFLUENCES.

First Events and Early Influences

5 pages

Europe and America and the Indies

8 pages

Origin and Conduct of Cuban Wars

10 pages

Spanish Story of the Treaty of Zanjon

11 pages

The Spanish War Policy

7 pages

Characteristics of the Present Cuban War

3 pages

Leading Questions of Races and Crimes

5 pages

The Orders and Administration of Weyler

7 pages

The Forces Now Engaged in Cuba

2 pages

The Cuban Government

4 pages

The Play of President Pierce for Cuba

9 pages

English Failure in the West Indies

8 pages

The British and Provincial Conquest of Cuba

24 pages

Early Incidents of the Present War

6 pages

Chapter XVI

3 pages

Chapter XVII

3 pages

Horrors of Moro Castle

2 pages

The Second Year of the Second War

3 pages

The Picturesque in the War

9 pages

An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony

9 pages

The Record of Desolation and Despair

16 pages

The Cause of Cuba

8 pages

The Crisis in Cuba

14 pages

The Destiny of Cuba

10 pages

Points of Pictures

6 pages

Statistical and Documentary

12 pages

The Ancient Records of the Island

4 pages

Latest News from the Seat of War

15 pages

Outline History of Cuba from May, 1896, to January, 1897

13 pages

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