As the name implies, it was the Spanish against the Americans. Spain controlled many countries, including Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. After the war, the US took control and in most cases gave them their independence, while maintaining high influence in their affairs.
At sea it was conventional, on land there were"set piece" battles in the early stages but gained a direction toward guerrilla warfare as time went on.
In Cuba
The Spanish American War.
Fighting Joe.
The Manila Bay
Men died, men were maimed and men suffered. It was never a "Slendid Little War" for those who were there.
In Cuba
Cuban Independence.
The Spanish American War.
Spain and the US.
Fighting Joe.
The Spanish-American War was named for the two combatants, Spain and America (the US), although the fighting was not in either country's homeland.
The Pacific Ocean and in the Caribbean.
The Manila Bay
Mainland Spain. Mainland US. The fighting was limited to the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Admiral George Dewey.
Mainland Spain. Mainland US. The fighting was limited to the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Frontier fighting (Battle of the Little Big Horn) in 1876. Spanish-American War of 1898. Then into the 20th century.