Loyal Macabebes: How the Americans Used the Macabebe Scouts in the Annexation of the Philippines by Dennis Edward Flake
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THE BOYS FROM THE BANKS The Macabebes--those enigmatic and controversial Kapampangans from the riverbanks. Without them, Spain couldn't have lasted 300 yeasrs in these islands and the United States couldn't have colonized the Philippines. Since prehistoric times, the brave and loyal Macabebes had helped the world's superpowers win their wars and carry out their conquests, but it was their participation in the capture of the President of the Republic of the Philippines that earned them more than a footnote in history, because that stunning operation ended the Philippine-American War, sabotaged their compatriots' quest for independence , and ushered in the American colonial period. This book traces the events that convinced the United States government to adopt the practice of pitting one native tribe agains another to win their war on foreign soil--a policy that as since defined US involvement in similiar wars. Most Americans at the time were unconvinced about native soldiers' fighting abilities and loyalty--that is, until the Macabebes came along. --Published by Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies, Holy Angel University
Publisher : Holy Angel University Press
Publication date : January 1, 2009
Language : English
Print length : 173 pages
ISBN-10 : 971936727X
ISBN-13 : 978-9719367277
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