Establishment of mambisa inventiveness in Cuba's Ten Years' War (1868-1878) ; Establecimiento de la inventiva mambisa en la Guerra de los Diez Años de Cuba (1868-1878)

The beginning of the Ten Years' War (1868-1878) in Cuba represented a challenge for the independentists ofthe largest of the Antilles not only because it meant the opening of the independence process of the Islandagainst the Spanish colonial regime, but also because of the lack of military experience and the lack ofweapons of the Cubans to face a well-structured and organized army like the Iberian one. For this reason, thisarticle is aimed at analyzing the factors that motivated the creation of military innovations within the LiberationArmy and their application during the aforementioned conflagration, using for such purposes the basicconcepts used in the social studies of science and technology, such as technological obsolescence,technological transfer, innovation and technological diffusion. To carry it out, an extensive specializedbibliography was consulted, some written by the participants in said process themselves, which allow theunderstanding of the motives that motivated the implementation of these innovations. In this sense, its noveltylies in the enrichment of the historiographical conceptions already existing within the work of historians andother social scientists of the Island and, at the same time, its use as a pedagogical complement for the teachingof national history in the different educational levels of the country. ; El inicio de la Guerra de los Diez Años (1868-1878) en Cuba significó un reto para los independentistas de lamayor de Las Antillas no sólo porque significó la apertura del proceso independentista de la Isla contra elrégimen colonial español, sino también por la falta de experiencia militar y las carencias armamentísticas delos cubanos para hacerle frente a un ejército bien estructurado y organizado como el ibérico. Es por ello, queel presente artículo está dirigido a analizar los factores que motivaron la creación de las innovaciones militareshacia el interior del Ejército Libertador y su aplicación durante la conflagración antes mencionada, utilizandopara tales fines los ...