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100 1  Capozzola, Christopher,|eauthor. 
245 10 Bound by war :|bhow the United States and the Philippines 
       built America's first Pacific century /|cChristopher 
       Capozzola. 
246 30 How the United States and the Philippines built America's 
       first Pacific century 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c2020. 
264  4 |c©2020 
300    vii, 471 pages :|billustration ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-454) and 
       index. 
520    "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."--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Americans|zPhilippines|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Filipinos|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
651  0 United States|xMilitary relations|zPhilippines. 
651  0 Philippines|xMilitary relations|zUnited States. 
651  0 Philippines|xHistory|y20th century. 
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