Cuban rebels were fighting a guerilla war against the Spanish and gaining much sympathy in the United States. Alfred Thayer Mahan published The Influence of Sea Power Upon History and became an influential figure himself. While President McKinley was trying to ease tensions with Spain, his Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, was planning an attack on the Spanish Philippines, just in case.
Then a mysterious explosion sank the American battleship USS Maine in Havana harbor.
Transcript.
(Thanks to listener Joseph M. for providing the transcript.)
Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening Theme
“Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean”
Composed by Thomas á Becket, Sr. in 1843. Public domain.
Performed by the United States Navy Band. Public domain. Source.
“There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight”
Composed in 1896 by Theodore August Metz. Public domain.
Closing Theme
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Hi! Have you any plans to add the transcript for this and couple of following episodes? Thank you very much for your poscast
Plans? I have plans, sure, but not the time. Someday…
I’ll try my hand at some of these. I have a good amount of time, for better or for worse, on my hands right now.