In Our Image: America's Empire in the PhilippinesThis book is an account of America's imperial experience in the Philippines from 1898 to 1946. Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History, has now written an enthralling account of an almost forgotten subject: America's imperial experience in the Philippines. Panoramic in scope, profound in its perceptions and compassionate in its human portraits, In Our Image is an exciting, heroic, tragic, colorful and often comic narrative drawn from many hitherto unpublished documents as well as hundreds of interviews with American and Filipino participants. Above all, its brilliant descriptions and analysis of this important chapter in American history holds lessons for the present and future. No other book on the subject is as comprehensive. - Jacket flap. |
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Page 178
... enemy like this , it is not surprising that the boys should soon adopt ' no quarter ' as a motto and fill the blacks full of lead before finding out whether they are friends or enemies . " By the end of the war , fifteen Filipino ...
... enemy like this , it is not surprising that the boys should soon adopt ' no quarter ' as a motto and fill the blacks full of lead before finding out whether they are friends or enemies . " By the end of the war , fifteen Filipino ...
Page 292
... enemy tanks for two hours at the Agno River , thus enabling Wain- wright to fix a first defense line on the road to Manila . Thousands , however , flung away their weapons and fled into the jungles before the Japanese jugger- naut ...
... enemy tanks for two hours at the Agno River , thus enabling Wain- wright to fix a first defense line on the road to Manila . Thousands , however , flung away their weapons and fled into the jungles before the Japanese jugger- naut ...
Page 301
... enemy lines to talk terms with Homma's chief of operations , who de- manded unconditional surrender . " Will my troops be well treated ? " asked King . Offended , the Japanese replied , " We are not barbarians . " King laid his pistol ...
... enemy lines to talk terms with Homma's chief of operations , who de- manded unconditional surrender . " Will my troops be well treated ? " asked King . Offended , the Japanese replied , " We are not barbarians . " King laid his pistol ...
Contents
All in the Family | 3 |
In Search of Spices and Souls | 26 |
The Spanish Bond | 48 |
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