Enrique Dupuy de Lôme

Enrique Dupuy de Lôme[1] was a Spanish ambassador to the United States. Through the so-called De Lôme Letter, he defamed U.S. President William McKinley, an act which eventually contributed to the Spanish-American War.

References

  1. ^ Karnow, Stanley. "Enrique Dupuy de Lôme". In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines. Random House (1989). ISBN 0394594759.