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Bound by War

Christopher Capozzola

A sweeping history of America's long and fateful military relationship with the Philippines, amid a century of Pacific warfareEver since US troops occupied the Philippines in 1898, generations of Filipinos have served in and alongside the US armed forces. In Bound by War, historian Christopher Capozzola reveals this forgotten history, showing how war and military service forged an enduring, yet fraught, alliance between Americans and Filipinos.As the US military expanded in Asia, American forces confronted their Pacific rivals from Philippine bases. And from the colonial-era Philippine Scouts to post-9/11 contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, Filipinos were crucial partners in the exercise of US power. Their service reshaped Philippine society and politics and brought thousands of Filipinos to America. Telling the epic story of a century of conflict and migration, Bound by War is a fresh, definitive portrait of this uneven partnership and the two nations it transformed.>

  • Classification : History
  • Pub Date : MAY 26, 2020
  • Imprint : Basic Books
  • Page Extent : 480
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9781541618275
  • Price : INR 2,665
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Christopher Capozzola

Christopher Capozzola is professor of history at MIT. Author of the award-winning Uncle Sam Wants You he is also a cocurator of 'The Volunteers: Americans Join World War I 1914-1919' a traveling exhibition that originated at The National WWI Museum and Memorial to commemorate the centennial of the First World War. He lives in Boston Massachusetts.

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