The American Occupation Of The Philippines 1898-1912

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The American Occupation Of The Philippines 1898-1912ISBN13:9781517245726ISBN10:1517245729Author:Blount, James H. (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - To Have Gone Out To The Other Side Of The World With An Army Of Invasion, And Had A Part, However Small, In The Subjugation Of A Strange People, And Then To See A New Government Set Up, And, As An Official Of That Government, Watch It Work Out Through A Number Of Years, Is An Unusual And Interesting Experience, Especially To A Lawyer What Seem To Me The Most Valuable Things I Learned In The Course Of That Experience Are Herein Submitted To My Fellow-Countrymen, In Connection With A Narrative Covering The Whole Of The American Occupation Of The Philippines To Date This Book Is An Attempt, By One Whose Intimate Acquaintance With Two Remotely Separated Peoples Will Be Denied In No Quarter, To Interpret Each To The Other How Intelligent That Acquaintance Is, Is Of Course Altogether Another Matter, Which The Reader Will Determine For Himself The Task Here Undertaken Is To Make Audible To A Great Free Nation The Voice Of A Weaker Subject People Who Passionately And Rightly Long To Be Also Free, But Whose Longings Have Been Systematically Denied For The Last Fourteen Years, Sometimes Ignorantly, Sometimes Viciously, And Always Cruelly, On The Wholly Erroneous Idea That Where The End Is Benevolent, It Justifies The Means, Regardless Of The Means Necessary To The End Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2015-09-08Weight:1 lbsDimensions:0.7'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:338Language:English

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