The Philippine Islands Annexation Debate


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Re-creation of an 1898 debate over the annexation of the Philippine Islands covers the issues that were in conflict -- imperalism, a nation's selfish or humanitarian motives, and American status as a world power -- loom as large today as they did nearly 100 years ago.




The Philippine Annexation Debate


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The Great American Debate


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Philippine Islands; Extracts from Debates


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Speeches on the Philippine Islands detached from the Congressional record.




The Crisis of the Republic


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A War of Frontier and Empire


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First-rate military history, A War of Frontier and Empire retells an often forgotten chapter in America's past, infusing it with commanding contemporary relevance. It has been termed an insurgency, a revolution, a guerrilla war, and a conventional war. As David J. Silbey demonstrates in this taut, compelling history, the 1899 Philippine-American War was in fact all of these. Played out over three distinct conflicts—one fought between the Spanish and the allied United States and Filipino forces; one fought between the United States and the Philippine Army of Liberation; and one fought between occupying American troops and an insurgent alliance of often divided Filipinos—the war marked America's first steps as a global power and produced a wealth of lessons learned and forgotten.