Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 340 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates)
,
illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0300026978
,
0300030819
,
030016193X
,
9780300026979
,
9780300030815
,
9780300161939
Content:
"American acquisition of the Philippines in 1898 became a focal point for debate on American imperialism and the course the country was to take now that the Western frontier had been conquered. U.S. military leaders in Manila, unequipped to understand the aspirations of the native revolutionary movement, failed to respond to Filipino overtures of accommodation and provoked a war with the revolutionary army. Back home, an impressive opposition to the war developed on largely ideological grounds, but in the end it was the interminable and increasingly bloody guerrilla warfare that disillusioned America in its imperialistic venture. This book presents a searching exploration of the history of America's reactions to Asian people, politics, and wars of independence."--Jacket
Content:
American imperialism: aberration or historical continuity? -- Enter the Philippines -- The soldier as diplomat -- The dividends of brinkmanship -- The general as warrior -- The general's last campaign -- The American opposition organizes -- Armageddon, 1900: Déjà Vu -- The soldier and the war -- "Injun warfare" under Chaffee and Roosevelt -- The last campaign: Samar challenges American innocence -- The triumph of American innocence
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-330) and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Miller, Stuart Creighton, 1927-2010 Benevolent assimilation
Language:
English
URL:
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