Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America's First Pacific CenturyA sweeping history of America's long and fateful military relationship with the Philippines amid a century of Pacific warfare Ever since US troops occupied the Philippines in 1898, generations of Filipinos have served in and alongside the US armed forces. In Bound by War, historian Christopher Capozzola reveals this forgotten history, showing how war and military service forged an enduring, yet fraught, alliance between Americans and Filipinos. As the US military expanded in Asia, American forces confronted their Pacific rivals from Philippine bases. And from the colonial-era Philippine Scouts to post-9/11 contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, Filipinos were crucial partners in the exercise of US power. Their service reshaped Philippine society and politics and brought thousands of Filipinos to America. Telling the epic story of a century of conflict and migration, Bound by War is a fresh, definitive portrait of this uneven partnership and the two nations it transformed. |
Contents
| 1848 | |
| 1859 | |
TWO DEFENDING THE PACIFIC 19011914 | 1901 |
THREE PACIFIC OUTPOST 19141934 | 1914 |
SEVEN ALLIES 19461965 | |
EIGHT QUAGMIRE 19651977 | |
ELEVEN THE PIVOT AND AFTER | |
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