Philippine-American Military History, 1902-1942: An Annotated Bibliography
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Book Description
Military obligations rested lightly upon the Filipino people for much of the period that America occupied the Philippines, but Filipinos could enlist in the United States Army and Navy, attend the service academies at West Point and Annapolis, or join military organizations restricted to duty in the islands such as the Philippine Scouts, Philippine Constabulary, Philippine National Guard, and the navy's insular force. In the 1930s, the Philippine government established its own armed forces. Throughout much of this time, the U.S. army also kept a substantial portion of its troop strength in the Philippines.
This annotated bibliography of nearly 700 titles highlights the extent and variety of the Philippine-American military experience from the conquest of the islands by the United States in 1902 to the defeat of Philippine and American forces by the Japanese in 1942. The bibliography includes memoirs and biographies of Filipino and American officers and enlisted men (from MacArthur to Ferdinand Marcos), unit histories, army post and navy base histories, medals and insignia books, and the most extensive list of prisoner-of-war memoirs yet published. Annotations address controversies such as the widely disparate estimates of American deaths on the Bataan Death March and include previously unpublished information, such as casualty figures for American and Philippine forces in 1941-1942.
About the Author
Richard B. Meixsel is an assistant professor of history at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A former Fulbright scholar, he has written articles on Philippine and United States military history for Bulletin of the American Historical Collection (Manila), The Journal of Military History, and Pacific Historical Review.
Philippine-American Military History, 1902-1942: An Annotated Bibliography,Richard B. Meixsel,McFarland & Company,0786414030,20th century,Bibliographies & Indexes,Bibliography,History,History - General History,History, Military,Military,Military - Other,Military - World War II,Military History - Modern,Military History - World War II,Philippines,Reference,United States,World War, 1939-1945
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