Download or read book Global Intrigues written by Juan R. Torruella and published by Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Global Intrigues: The Era of the Spanish-American War and the Rise of the United States to World Power, Juan R. Torruella provides an account of the world-wide diplomatic context within which the Spanish-American War came to take place. He examines the state of the great empires of the time, the stance each took and the influence each exercised over the looming war - or in his own words - "the attitudes and actions of the so-called non-belligerents, and how these intrigues affected the war and resulted in significant changes in the global balance of power, thus contributing to the rise of the United States to its present dominant position.""--BOOK JACKET.