Mark Twain's Weapons of Satire

Mark Twain's outspoken opposition to the Philippine-American War, while rarely acknowledged by academics, was so influential that one contemporary newspaper described him as the most dreaded critic of the sacrosanct person in the White House that the country contains. Although not a pacifist, Twain was the most prominent opponent of the Philippine-American War. Today, however, this aspect of Mark Twain's career is barely known. His writings on the war have never been collected in a single volume, and a number of them are published here for the first time. Although he was a vice president of the Anti-Imperialist League from 1901 to 1910, until now, no thorough study had been made of his relationship with the organized opposition to the war. Drawing upon the unpublished manuscripts of Mark Twain and various leaders of the League, Jim Zwicks Introduction and head notes provide the most complete account of Twain's involvement in this anti-imperialist movement.