"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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... less conscious , perhaps " natural , " act as settlers climbed the next hill or forded an adjacent river until they reached such " natural " boundaries as the Pacific or Caribbean . Crossing an ocean , however , was a more conscious act ...
... less conscious , perhaps " natural , " act as settlers climbed the next hill or forded an adjacent river until they reached such " natural " boundaries as the Pacific or Caribbean . Crossing an ocean , however , was a more conscious act ...
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... Less than five percent of the nation's ex- ports left from Pacific ports , and much of that was grain bound for Europe via the Horn . The highly touted new navy was concentrated defensively along the Atlantic coast . Potential naval ...
... Less than five percent of the nation's ex- ports left from Pacific ports , and much of that was grain bound for Europe via the Horn . The highly touted new navy was concentrated defensively along the Atlantic coast . Potential naval ...
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... less desirable results of industrialization ( such as corruption , misman- agement , waste , health hazards , slums , and human suffering ) , exposed by muckraking journalists . Cities seemed clogged with disparate groups that ...
... less desirable results of industrialization ( such as corruption , misman- agement , waste , health hazards , slums , and human suffering ) , exposed by muckraking journalists . Cities seemed clogged with disparate groups that ...
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... less , Cleveland did quietly escalate diplomatic pressure on Madrid to institute reforms in Cuba or risk exhausting " American patience . " Ironically , this merely encouraged the Spanish to adopt more Draconian measures in the hope of ...
... less , Cleveland did quietly escalate diplomatic pressure on Madrid to institute reforms in Cuba or risk exhausting " American patience . " Ironically , this merely encouraged the Spanish to adopt more Draconian measures in the hope of ...
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... less discord in the endorsement for keeping all of the Philip- pines from the Protestant religious establishment , particularly from its mission- ary wing . Spain had long banned Protestant missionaries from her possessions , and to the ...
... less discord in the endorsement for keeping all of the Philip- pines from the Protestant religious establishment , particularly from its mission- ary wing . Spain had long banned Protestant missionaries from her possessions , and to the ...
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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