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Author Capozzola, Christopher, author.

Title Bound by war : how the United States and the Philippines built America's first Pacific century / Christopher Capozzola.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, 2020.
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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.031 CAPOZZOLA    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  355 CAPOZZOLA, CHRISTOPHER    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  959.9 CAP    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  355 CAP    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.031 CAPOZZOLA    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  959.903 CAPOZZOLA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  959.9 CAPOZZOLA    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  355.031 CAP    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  959.9 CAP    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  355.031 CAPOZZOLA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description vii, 471 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-454) and index.
Summary "Tens of thousands of Filipino soldiers and sailors fought and died under the American flag in the Pacific during the Second World War. Yet Americans know little about these casualties, because they know little about America's long history in the Philippines -- or about Filipinos' long history in the US armed forces. Since US Marines first occupied the islands in 1898, war and military service have created an enduring, often-fraught bond between Americans and Filipinos: the axis on which America's first Pacific Century turned. In Bound by War, award-winning historian Christopher Capozzola offers a revelatory new portrait of twentieth-century American foreign relations by following the generations of Filipinos and Americans who crossed the Pacific in military uniforms in the century after America's ships first steamed into Manila Bay. Whether in steel ships or nuclear subs, it is from the Philippines that the United States has faced a series of Pacific rivals since the late 1800s. The Philippine islands were where American forces built the first of their overseas military bases, where they learned to use napalm, and where they mastered waterboarding. Capozzola reveals how the islands were a proving ground for pivotal American figures, including Willian Howard Taft, John J. Pershing, Dwight Eisenhower, Paul Wolfowitz, and John McCain. And all along, from the first Philippine Scouts in 1899 to third-country contract workers in Afghanistan, Filipino soldiers have been crucial partners in the exercise of U.S. power in Asia. Investigating the uneven partnership between America and the Philippines over many decades, Capozzola recounts the violence, exploitation, and racial discrimination that Filipino service members experienced at the hands of Americans, while also showing how military service offered Filipinos steady wages, immigration visas, and other opportunities. The Pacific Century was not only a rhetorical strategy of U.S. foreign policy but a lived reality that shaped migration, work, and family life. Epic in scope and rich in detail, Bound by War retells the history of the United States from a Pacific perspective, revealing the United States as a colonizing and occupying power, a longstanding and formidable military presence in the Pacific, and an intensely ambivalent nation of immigrants. It is a fresh and definitive portrait of two nations and their decades of fateful entanglement."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject United States -- Military relations -- Philippines.
Philippines -- Military relations -- United States.
Americans -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century.
Filipinos -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Philippines -- History -- 20th century.
Added Title How the United States and the Philippines built America's first Pacific century
ISBN 9781541618275 (hardcover)
1541618270 (hardcover)
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