The Philippine–American War examines the conflict that followed the transfer of the Philippines from Spain to the United States in 1898. It traces the break between American forces and the Philippine Republic led by Emilio Aguinaldo, the conventional fighting around Manila and the later shift to guerrilla war. The book also considers occupation, civilian suffering and the political arguments over American imperialism and Filipino independence.
The change from conventional battle to guerrilla resistance altered the nature of the conflict. American counterinsurgency increasingly relied on intelligence, local auxiliaries, population control and punitive measures, while Filipino commanders adapted to the loss of regular armies. The war therefore becomes a key example of how anti-colonial independence movements confronted a new imperial power at the turn of the twentieth century.
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