Little Brown Brother: How the United States Purchased and Pacified the Philippine Islands at the Century's TurnLeon Wolff tells the full story, revealing how and why the U.S. went from aiding Filipino independence to forcefully annexing the islands for themselves. |
Contents
2 | 9 |
2 | 39 |
3 | 54 |
DEWEY AND AGUINALDO | 66 |
4 | 89 |
5 | 108 |
THE SPANISH COLLAPSE | 114 |
6 | 123 |
9 | 204 |
THE FIRST SHOCK | 218 |
10 | 233 |
RAIN AND REACTION | 250 |
11 | 299 |
13 | 327 |
END AND BEGINNING | 354 |
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