Bound to Empire The United States and the Philippines.

From the day Commodore Dewey's battleships destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila to the closing of the Subic Bay naval base in 1992, America and the Philippines have shared a long and tangled history. It has been a century of war and colonialism, earnest reforms and blatant corruption, diplomat...

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Main Author: Brands, H. W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: : Oxford University Press, USA, 1992.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; I: The Call; 1. Manic Depression: 1890's; 2. Dewey . . . or Don't We? 1898-1899; ll: Fretful Coexistence; 3. The Water Cure and Other Remedies for Philippine Nationalism: 1899-1901; 4. Progressivism from Above: 1901-1907; 5. Politics from Below: 1907-1912; 6. Filipinization: 1913-1920; 7. Republicanization: 1921-1926; 8. The Bottom Line: 1927-1934; 9. The Datu and the Procounsul: 1935-1941; lll: Utang na Loob?; 10. Retreat: 1941-1944; 11. Return: 1944-1946; IV: By Other Means; 12. Cold War in Asia: 1946-1952; 13. A Special Relationship: 1953-1957
  • 14. The Ground Softens: 1957-196415. What Allies Are For: 1965-1972; 16. Democracy Undone: 1972-1983; 17. Vox Populi: 1983-1991; Conclusion; Manuscript Collections Cited; Notes; Index;