This book presents a legal and diplomatic analysis of the Meade claim, a dispute that arose between the United States and Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War. The claim involved compensation for damage to American-owned property in Cuba during the war, and it was a subject of contentious negotiations between the two countries for many years. The book offers a detailed account of the history and legal arguments surrounding the claim. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.