• American Interests in the Cuban Revolution This is a speech from President Cleveland in 1896, two years before the Spanish-American War, on the American interests in Cuba, and the goings on there at the time, supporting the insurrection of the Cubans against Spain.
• Reasons for US involvement from the The Second War for Cuban Independence by Jerry A. Sierra, Straightforward with links to other aspects of the war  §
• Spanish - American War: causes, events, results.  A casahistoria netguide in lecture note format. PDF file  and requires adobe reader. For more casahistoria netguide revision go to IB/Alevel/K12 revision in the young casahistoria section.

• Crucible of Empire - Spanish American War - PBS site to go with series on the war. Sections on
  • Timeline 
  • Yellow Journalism 
  • 1890s Music 
  • Resources
• The Spanish-Cuban-American War Part of the Ultimate Cuba site. Good mix of description and relevant documents. §
• Illustrated article by David Trask. Good research links to the main individuals and events involved.
• Spanish US war seen by the Museum of Miami. Good on the sinking of the Maine
• Spanish American War  from the small planet site on US in the Americas. Three good pages on the war and its aftermath for the US in the context of US expansionism.
• The World of 1898-the Spanish /American War. The site gives an essay overview of the war, a chronology of events, an index of people - with links to biographical information, places and events. From the US Library of Congress site.
• Battle Streamer: Spanish-American War 1898  Very thorough site with useful, detailed links on the US navy activity. The Battle Streamers contain a brief history of the Navy's role in the war, conflict or operation. Very good linking to relevant documents. From Wars and Conflicts of the U.S. Navy. See also below:
• Spanish-American War; Historical Overview and Select Bibliography Excellent detailed Historical Overview
• The Spanish American War An excellent site with lots of photos and information on the two fleets. Links to descriptions of the other theatres of war other than Cuba. From the Spanish American War Centennial Website.
• From ironcladpirate site. Both includes outline of battle, maps and ship silhouettes.
  • Battle of Santiago, 1898
  • Battle of Manila Bay, 1898 

Aspects of the war 

• USS Maine  Read the about the battleship that became causus bellum of the Spanish-American War. This site provided by the US Navy gives great detail about this great ship of history and explains that belief that accidental explosion was the most likely cause of the sinking
• USS Maine, destruction of Clear description. well linked to documents and images. From Wars and Conflicts of the U.S. Navy. From the same site, see also:
  • Battle of Manila Bay  
• Spanish Ships in the Spanish-American War This is for the train spotters and anoraks....
• The Infanta Maria Teresa  details and history of a submerged Spanish wreck off Cuba. The Spanish cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa was Admiral Cervera's flagship at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on July 3, 1898. Illustrated article with links to the war.  From the Pre-Dreadnought Preservation site

• Rough Riders  another page from the small planet site on US in the Americas. The page after this takes the war to an end.
• Black & and Buffalo troops. Interesting article on the involvement of Black troops in the US army in Cuban war. US national Park Service article.
• Medal histories: Intriguing, from US Naval Historical Center 
  • Battle of Manila Bay (Dewey Medal)    
  • Spanish Campaign   
  • West Indies Naval Campaign (Sampson Medal)   
  • West Indies Campaign
• Corps of Engineers Exhumation of the Battleship Maine (1912) Produced for the Military Geology courses of the University of Missouri-Rolla
• Geographic Constraints on Amphibious Operation, Drinking Water in the Invasion of Cuba by U.S. Forces (powerpoint) Produced for the Military Geology courses of the University of Missouri-Rolla  

• Maine and Yellow Press:  from the small planet site on US in the Americas. Good articles on this and the war in general.
• Yellow Journalism  The Spanish-American War is often called the first 'media war'. This is where to find out about the Hearst press and where the term 'Yellow Journalism' originates.
• Effects of the Press on Spanish-American Relations in 1898 By John Baker
• New York Public Library Online Exhibition of the Spanish American War A War in Perspective, 1898-1998: Public Appeals, Memory, and the Spanish Conflict, an exhibit developed by the New York Public Library. Good on the propaganda aspect

• Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures Presentation of "68 motion pictures produced between 1898 and 1901 of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution." Part of American Memory.
• Spanish - American War A Florida State Archives Photographic Re-survey Project. Images from the US troops in Florida during the conflict
• Images of the Spanish American War. A useful miscellany of images.
• Photographs: Spanish American War Good indexing to campaign photos from US Naval Historical Center
• Selected Naval Documents of the Spanish American War Very specific. Interesting resources from US Naval Historical Center
• "War Plans and Preparation and Their Impact on the U.S. Naval Operation in Spanish American War"  interesting paper presented by by Mark L. Hayes, Early History Branch,  at Congreso Internacional Ejército y Armada en El 98: Cuba, Puerto Rico y Filipinas, 1998.
• The United States and its Territories searchable document archive (Univ of Michigan) comprises the full text of monographs and government documents published in the United States, Spain, and the Philippines between 1870 and 1925. The primary focus of the material is the Spanish-American war and subsequent American governance (approximately 1898-1910).