With its victory and subsequent annexation of the Philippines ... of America's "Manifest Destiny" had been arguing that the country should flex its newfound muscles and join the ranks of colonial ...

Andrew Bacevich calls for reckoning with the consequences of American colonial empire in the Philippines: Yet the Philippines represented an altogether different case. By no stretch of the ...

America's bases in the Philippines played a vital role during ... who saw them as further evidence of America's enduring colonial meddling. While the bases did create jobs and boost the local ...

For the Americans, the Filipino war was fought in the name of civilizing and uplifting the Filipino people. It was a time ...

Her current manuscript, tentatively titled Growing Empire: Nature and Power in the American Colonial Philippines, investigates American attempts to recast rural life and agricultural production in the ...

Our colonial master before independence ... The Japanese invaded the Philippines and forced American troops under General Douglas MacArthur to withdraw to Australia. Although, he later returned ...