Little Brown Brother: How the United States Purchased and Pacified the Philippine Islands at the Century's TurnWolff Productions, 2006 - 383 pagina's Leon Wolff tells the full story, revealing how and why the U.S. went from aiding Filipino independence to forcefully annexing the islands for themselves. |
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INTRODUCTION | ix |
EXPANSION AND INSURRECTION | 9 |
THE CALL TO ARMS | 39 |
DEWEY AND AGUINALDO | 66 |
THE SIEGE OF MANILA | 89 |
THE SPANISH COLLAPSE | 114 |
BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE | 140 |
THE TREATY OF PARIS | 163 |
THE FIRST SHOCK | 218 |
RAIN AND REACTION | 250 |
THE GUERILLA WAR | 277 |
EXIT OTIS | 300 |
FUNSTON AND AGUINALDO | 327 |
END AND BEGINNING | 354 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 365 |
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