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The story of the general who led U.S. Army troops in the Philippines and in World War II.

This book is an account of America's imperial experience in the Philippines from 1898 to 1946. Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History, has now written an enthralling account of an almost forgotten subject: America's imperial experience in the Philippines. Panoramic in scope, profound in its perceptions and compassionate in its human portraits, In Our Image is an exciting, heroic, tragic, colorful and often comic narrative drawn from many hitherto...

These novellas by the foremost writer of the Philippines are portraits of three women who, somewhat like the archipelago itself, are troubled, victimized, and beautiful. Here is the swirling cultural life and physical world of the twentieth-century Philippines, with its gulf between immense wealth and crushing poverty, humane social concerns and self-interest, political radicalism and police-state repression. Here, too, is the fiery sexuality that...

In this version of Cinderella, set in the Philippines, Abadeha endures abuse by her stepmother before being helped by the Spirit of the Forest and becoming the bride of the island chieftan's son.

This volume is primarily an effort at interpretation, rather than narration, of Philippine history. It therefore presents and discusses long-term themes and trends instead of details of historical incidents. This approach enabled me to formulate a few quite interesting propositions, such as the crucial importance of the development of sedentary agriculture to the successful Christianization of the Philippines, and the role of early missionary Christianity...

This film joins Maryknoll Sister Ann Marie Braudis as she works with the Philippines' Cordillera people to defend land they regard as sacred against open-pit gold mining operations. They have practiced small scale, cooperative mining on Luzon for generations, but their water and soil are becoming contaminated by toxic chemicals from tailings ponds. The sister and her local interpreter Mercy DeLawan raise international support and awareness for environmental...