But Spanish settlements would now endure hostile raids from Apache and Comanche warriors migrating south, under pressure from European settlers moving west in North America.

The Spanish-American War was the final blow to Spanish imperial power. However, Ernesto Jiménez Caballero, in his "Genio de España," [iii] gives a list of no fewer than 13 "'98's," or crushing defeats ...

In the context of this discussion, it is tempting to assume that 'empire = bad thing', but although the building of empires often leads to the suffering of indigenous peoples (including, lest we ...