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The Philippine War, 1899-1902 (Modern War Studies)

March 25, 2015

This year begins the centennial of the Philippine War, one of the most controversial and poorly understood events in American history. The war thrust the U.S. into the center of Pacific and Asian politics, with important and sometimes tragic consequences. It kept the Filipinos under colonial overlordship for another five decades and subjected them to […]
The U.S. Army and Counterinsurgency in the Philippine War, 1899-1902

March 25, 2015

After defeating the Philippine Republic’s conventional forces in 1899, the U.S. Army was broken up into small garrisons to prepare Luzon for colonial rule. The Filipino nationalists transformed their resistance into a guerrilla warfare that varied so greatly from region to region in its organization, strategy, and tactics that early American attempts at centralization and […]
The Los Banos Prison Camp Raid – The Philippines 1945

March 25, 2015

On the southwest shore of Laguna de Bay in the Philippines stood the Los Banos Internment Camp. Held within were 2,147 starving POWs, surrounded by thousands of Japanese troops. As the desperate battle for Manila raged, only 130 Paratroopers could be spared for the rescue operation. Supported by Alamo Scouts, local guerrillas, and amphibious tractors, […]
Historical Moments: Changing Interpretations of America’s Past, Volume 2

March 25, 2015

Each chapter in this unique compilation, designed to be informative and thought-provoking, offers an examination of incidents from The Civil War through the 20th Century, important to the development of the American Nation. It features a mix of primary and secondary source materials on approximately 30 selected “moments” in American history. Designed for use in […]
Facing West: The Metaphysics of Indian-Hating and Empire-Building

March 25, 2015

American expansion, says Richard Drinnon, is characterized by repression and racism. In his reinterpretation of “winning” the West, Drinnon links racism with colonialism and traces this interrelationship from the Pequot War in New England, through American expansion westward to the Pacific, and beyond to the Phillippines and Vietnam. He cites parrallels between the slaughter of […]
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of the American Women Trapped on Bataan

March 25, 2015

In the fall of 1941, the Philippines was a gardenia-scented paradise for the American Army and Navy nurses stationed there. War was a distant rumor, life a routine of easy shifts and dinners under the stars. On December 8 all that changed, as Japanese bombs began raining down on American bases in Luzon, and this […]
Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath

March 25, 2015

For the first four months of 1942, American, Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought America’s first major land battle of World War II: the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the single largest defeat in American military history. This was only the beginning. Until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners […]
Hour of Redemption: The Heroic WWII Saga of America’s Most Daring POW Rescue

March 25, 2015

This is a gripping narrative chronicle of the US Army Ranger-led raid on the Cabanatuan POW camp in World War II, in which over 500 ragged POWs were liberated and half-led, half-carried to US lines. Sale Price:$35.15 0446679372
Asian Americans: Oral Histories of First to Fourth Generation Americans from China, the Philippines, Japan, India, the Pacific Islands, Vietnam and

March 25, 2015

Since the first three documented Chinese arrived in this country in 1848, more than six million Asians have followed. The huge immigrations of recent years have prompted a surge of interest in the new Asian American experience, about which little writing exists to date. In Asian Americans, these immigrants and their families present their own […]
Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850

March 25, 2015

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. Sale Price:buy at discount B0083ZMB5G

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