Quagmire in the Making - A Young Nation Flexes its Muscle
The Spanish-American War is forgotten history in the US and so is America's sorry tale of its first foray into nation building. Greg Jones's "Honor in the Dust - War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream" captures the jingoistic spirit of the times and tells the story of the American conquest and occupation of the Philippines, a venture that become mired in politics back home and an eventual quagmire with the abandonment of many American ideals.
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Honor in the Dust, by Greg Jones, (2012- 448 pp)
Little known account of the abysmal US - Philippine relations after the Spanish-American War in 1898, US military occupation, brutal repression, and fierce Philippine resistance. This should have given some insights into how the US should have handled Vietnam.