"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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... warned that this course could be halted in London , before drifting eastward to Berlin or , worse , to Moscow . Added to such romantic notions was a good deal of Anglo - Saxon nonsense that envisioned American world leadership as ...
... warned that this course could be halted in London , before drifting eastward to Berlin or , worse , to Moscow . Added to such romantic notions was a good deal of Anglo - Saxon nonsense that envisioned American world leadership as ...
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... warned : " Within , the home market is secured ; but outside , beyond the broad seas , there are the markets of the world , that can be entered and con- trolled only by a vigorous contest , to which the habit of trusting to protection ...
... warned : " Within , the home market is secured ; but outside , beyond the broad seas , there are the markets of the world , that can be entered and con- trolled only by a vigorous contest , to which the habit of trusting to protection ...
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... warned Congress that , if it allowed the " rascally Cubans " to stampede it into declaring war , he would refuse to move the army . Neverthe- less , Cleveland did quietly escalate diplomatic pressure on Madrid to institute reforms in ...
... warned Congress that , if it allowed the " rascally Cubans " to stampede it into declaring war , he would refuse to move the army . Neverthe- less , Cleveland did quietly escalate diplomatic pressure on Madrid to institute reforms in ...
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... warned against hasty judgments before a thorough investigation , the yellow press accused Spain of murdering the crew " in cold blood " with " a secret infernal machine . " The president main- tained a scrupulous silence , but his ...
... warned against hasty judgments before a thorough investigation , the yellow press accused Spain of murdering the crew " in cold blood " with " a secret infernal machine . " The president main- tained a scrupulous silence , but his ...
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... warned the Pilot in Boston . Even the usually loftier Republican warned that annexing the Philippines would not only " plunge us head , neck and breeches into world affairs , but it would bring into the American system a lot of Malays ...
... warned the Pilot in Boston . Even the usually loftier Republican warned that annexing the Philippines would not only " plunge us head , neck and breeches into world affairs , but it would bring into the American system a lot of Malays ...
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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