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portraits, In Our Image is an exciting, heroic, tragic, colorful and often comic narrative drawn from many hitherto unpublished documents as well as hundreds of interviews with American and Filipino participants.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 104
... began , Montojo had lost his flagship . Dewey withdrew briefly and ordered his men to eat breakfast , a gesture that earned him a reputation for nonchalance . In fact , he had stopped to count his ammunition , having been mistakenly ...
... began , Montojo had lost his flagship . Dewey withdrew briefly and ordered his men to eat breakfast , a gesture that earned him a reputation for nonchalance . In fact , he had stopped to count his ammunition , having been mistakenly ...
Page 239
... began to get near they would begin to get very much frightened . " Forbes tested his thesis as the new assembly opened in October 1907. Taft , taking their campaign talk literally , expected the Nacionalistas to demand immediate ...
... began to get near they would begin to get very much frightened . " Forbes tested his thesis as the new assembly opened in October 1907. Taft , taking their campaign talk literally , expected the Nacionalistas to demand immediate ...
Page 397
... began to pray and , he recalled afterward , Christ appeared in a dream , rebuking him for forsaking religion in his quest for power . His " conversion , " as he called it , led him to realize that despair and indignation would not help ...
... began to pray and , he recalled afterward , Christ appeared in a dream , rebuking him for forsaking religion in his quest for power . His " conversion , " as he called it , led him to realize that despair and indignation would not help ...
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All in the Family | 3 |
In Search of Spices and Souls | 26 |
The Spanish Bond | 48 |
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