The Philippine-American War

A Captivating Guide to the Philippine Insurrection That Started When the United States of America Claimed Possession of the Philippines After the Spanish-American War

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Jason Zenobia

Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Philippine-American War between 1899-1902, then pay attention...

The Philippine-American War of 1899-1902 was a dramatic, world-changing conflict that shaped the century to come and revealed the early stirrings of America’s drive for global power. The conflict and its aftershocks continue to influence the Philippines and the wider region to this day, leaving a legacy of governance, society, and economic organization. 

The Philippines today is an important American ally and a counterbalance to the growing Chinese power in South Asia, but the history between the United States and the Philippines has not always been as friendly as some may imagine. In fact, American-Filipino history is soaked in blood and defined by brutal, devastating combat.

In The Philippine-American War (1899-1902), you will discover topics such as:

• Manifest Destiny vs. Self-Determination
• The Waning Power of Spain
• An Uneasy Alliance
• Filipinos Prepare for Independence or War
• February 4, 1899: War Breaks Out
• Major Campaigns of the War
• America’s Military Government in the Philippines
• Escalation: The Naval Blockade and Fierce American Campaigns
• The War Hits Home
• The Capture of Aguinaldo
• Filipinos Are Defeated
• Guerilla Fighting Continues after the Official End of the War
• And much, much more!

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America is a racist country....blah blah blah....

I'll admit, I made it through about a 1/3 of the book...and I do not debate the fact that our nation and its leaders have had a history of racist beliefs and actions. So I do not take issue with providing that essential truth to lay the foundation and context of the Philippine American War. Just as one should acknowledge this essential truth....one must also acknowledge that it was not the sole driving force...much less the principal motivation for the war. Clearly this author has an axe to grind with our country's past....and they aren't afraid to spew out their revisionist history crap. I just wanted a book to cover much of the strategic and tactical aspects of the conflict...and was willing to stomach some of the political crap.....but I'm not up for the woke narrative crap that seeks to re-write our nation's history.

Highly Anti-America Propaganda

Author chooses to assume all American actions were motivated by racism, Imperialism, bigotry, or greed.

Not worth listening to

As a student of history that has done enough research during my doctoral program into the economic aspects of America's early involvement in the Philippines, I was immediately suspect of the supposed "facts" relied upon in this book. I had to quit it after a few chapters due to errors and misrepresentations.

For example: The USS Maine's explosion was determined by an inspection of the wreckage and objective analysis in 1976 to have been almost certainly caused by the spontaneous ignition of one of the ship's coal bunkers and not a mine or, as the author asserts, the Americans themselves as an excuse to start a war. The estimation of civilian deaths due to the war is also not based in fact, but on secondary sources of dubious value. Primary sources from both Philippine and American records tell a different story. The death rates were actually decreasing and recovering from the years of Spanish control; populations were growing at the expected rate when accounting for natural deaths from normal causes at the time. There simply was not reported in any source contemporary to the war any disease and starvation death waves as the author claims.

The United States may have been ethnocentric and infected with a superiority complex, but there was never any attempt to use the Philippines as an economic colony. Trade data shows that the Philippines were treated in a special way that benefitted them at US expense. Tariffs were not imposed on imports to America on goods-particularly their main product of sugar-which hurt US farmers, in order to inject cash into the Philippine economy. And, under President Roosevelt, there was significant aid to help build infrastructure to enable the Philippine farmers to produce enough rice to gain food independence.

Revisionist history is rampant, so always check facts!!!

The war from Academic Leftist perspective.

Thorough history from a leftist, politically correct perspective circa 2018. Industrialists, republicans etc are bad.

Bias

This book is not fair. It was closer to anti Americans the writer of this book cut Americans down every chance he could. The Philippino was totally innocent when the power hungry Americans came in and started to kill innocent people. He blamed the lost of so many Philippino dying in we2 on American not the Japanese And he blamed the death totally in Vietnam on Americans

Should be read by a Filipino

I just believe this book should be read by a Tagalog speaking narrator. He clearly mispronounced many Tagalog words. Other than that, great book.

Required reading

My only gripe is proper pronunciations of some Filipino words and places. But I understand it's not exactly the priority.
Still great to hear the story that many have forgotten or never taught.

A very descriptive narration

The ideas and thoughts and execution of arranged strategy shed light on how occasions created as they did. Elegantly composed.

interesting, well written book.

An unmistakable portrayal of the fairly questionable clash. Posting the units and where they were based, and the regions of activity helped pinpoint authentic certainties.

Well written history of a forgotten conflict

An interesting story with momentous reverberation to recent developments. It is energetically prescribed for any individual who needs to comprehend America's progress on the world stage.

Good but boring style.

I agree with many other reviewers that this is an informative book and that the author has done his homework. However, a combination of form and structure of the material makes it incredibly dull to listen.
This is a book for those who are interested in the topic, not for the casual follower.