Battle of Santiago de Cuba U.S. forces under Major General Elwell S. Otis, who was appointed military governor of the Philippines after the Spanish–American War. This territorial conflict was ironic because the roles of the Spanish–American War were now reversed. The U.S. once fought to free Cuba from Spain's colonial power, but now the United States aimed to colonize the Philippines. Ultimately, the Spanish–American War brought to light deeply rooted conflicts between the principles of democracy and the urges of budding imperialism. Two of the Spanish ships, "Infanta Maria Teresa" and "Cristóbal Colón", were later re-floated and taken over by the U.S. Both eventually foundered
An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror in the "National Review". Danielle Pletka, a foreign policy analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, told "The Jewish Daily Forward", "The political prescriptions contained are terrific. This is a very thoughtful articulation of how to fight the battle ahead of us." Political scientist Fareed Zakaria said about the book: "It is now possible to describe a neoconservative foreign policy, and David Frum and Richard Perle's new book, "An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror," is a useful guide to it. There have been many books written by neoconservatives on aspects of the war on terror, but