Stuart Creighton Miller. “Benevolent Assimilation”. The American Conquest of the Philippines, 1899-1903.

Contents

Illustrations and Maps

1 – American Imperialism: Aberration or Historical Continuity?

2 – Enter the Philippines

3 – The Soldier as Diplomat

4 – The Dividends of Brinkmanship

5 – The General as Warrior

6 – The General’s Last Campaign

7 – The American Opposition Organizes

8 – Armageddon, 1900

9 – The War under MacArthur, 1900-1901: Déjà Vu

10 – The Soldier and the War

11 – “Injun Warfare” under Chaffee and Roosevelt

12 – The Last Campaign: Samar Challenges American Innocence

13 – The Triumph of American Innocence

Epilogue: The “Gook” and “Gugu” Analogy

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