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This absorbing and relevant narrative brings to life a pivotal moment in U.S. history, when America's drive for an overseas empire clashed with the brutal realities of a foreign occupation. On the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt championed a movement to transform the United States into a global force, with far-flung colonies to rival the European powers. Under pressure from Roosevelt and his allies, a reluctant President William McKinley led America into a war with Spain. The clash vaulted America to world power and thrust the nation into its own imperial drama in the Philippines.