"Benevolent Assimilation": The American Conquest of the Philippines, 1899-1903Yale University Press, 1984 M09 10 - 342 pages "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." -- Book Jacket |
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... empire at the end of the nine- teenth century . In part , the agony stems from America's exaggerated sense of innocence , produced by a kind of " immaculate conception " view of this coun- try's origins . The first settlers sought to ...
... empire at the end of the nine- teenth century . In part , the agony stems from America's exaggerated sense of innocence , produced by a kind of " immaculate conception " view of this coun- try's origins . The first settlers sought to ...
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... empire one must have a monarchy . " 1 Americans altruistically went to war with Spain to liberate Cubans , Puerto Ricans , and Fil- ipinos from their tyrannical yoke . If they lingered on too long in the Philip- pines , it was to ...
... empire one must have a monarchy . " 1 Americans altruistically went to war with Spain to liberate Cubans , Puerto Ricans , and Fil- ipinos from their tyrannical yoke . If they lingered on too long in the Philip- pines , it was to ...
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... empire . In the words of Samuel Flagg Bemis , intellectual mentor to a generation of diplomatic historians , this ephemeral imperialistic impulse was " a great aberration in American history . " Pervading all three schools of thought is ...
... empire . In the words of Samuel Flagg Bemis , intellectual mentor to a generation of diplomatic historians , this ephemeral imperialistic impulse was " a great aberration in American history . " Pervading all three schools of thought is ...
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... empire and the more informal one involving indirect , largely economic , controls that the United States has long exercised in Latin America and over much of the world since the Second World War . There is no little irony in this , as ...
... empire and the more informal one involving indirect , largely economic , controls that the United States has long exercised in Latin America and over much of the world since the Second World War . There is no little irony in this , as ...
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... empire . They welcomed commercial expansion but took their cues from England's laissez - faire policy in the middle of the nineteenth century and viewed colonies as expensive and unnecessary . While the unifica- tion of Germany and ...
... empire . They welcomed commercial expansion but took their cues from England's laissez - faire policy in the middle of the nineteenth century and viewed colonies as expensive and unnecessary . While the unifica- tion of Germany and ...
Contents
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The Soldier as Diplomat | 31 |
The Dividends of Brinkmanship | 57 |
The General as Warrior | 67 |
The Generals Last Campaign | 91 |
The American Opposition Organizes | 104 |
Armageddon 1900 | 129 |
The Soldier and the War | 176 |
Injun Warfare under Chaffee and Roosevelt | 196 |
The Last Campaign Samar Challenges American Innocence | 219 |
The Triumph of American Innocence | 253 |
The Gook and Gugu Analogy | 268 |
Notes | 277 |
Bibliography | 308 |
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