Imperialism and the Spanish-American War

In "I Saw What Was Left" The reading speaks of heinous brutallity towards Cuban dead. It was a shock to the author because the people doing the acts of barbarity, the Spanish come from a civilized society. The Spanish troops cut up the Cuban dead and use their body parts as trophies. They destroyed the skulls of the dead. Even worse they cut up the bodies so disgustingly that they could not be described as a dead human being. They act more barbaric then the American Indians. The author is right. You would have to go hunting to find strong enough terms to describe these inhuman acts on the dead Cuban soldiers. Scott Filaski