Philippine War

Bloomsbury presents Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943-October 1944 by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, read by Stuart Milligan. A thorough and compelling investigation of the Central Pacific campaign in World War II that saw the US Navy progress from the edge of...

From a New York Times bestselling author comes an incredible true war story of an underage soldier who experiences his first love and loss on the battlefields of Bataan and Corregidor—perfect for fans of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz and Unbroken. Joe Johnson Jr. ran away from...

A World War II book for kids filled with true stories so incredible young readers will ask, “Wait—this really happened?” A fighter pilot races into the sky in his pajamas to defend Pearl Harbor. A small group of soldiers faces a massive German attack. A resistance fighter smuggles maps and medicine past enemy troops. These are not textbook summaries. They are true stories of courage, ingenuity, survival, and impossible choices. From the beaches of Normandy to the jungles of the Philippines, Legends of War: Military History for Kids brings World War II to life through fast-paced ...

December 1941. War has erupted in the Pacific, spelling danger for Gina Capelli Thorpe, an American expat living in Manila. When the Japanese invade and her husband goes missing, Gina flees with her daughter to the Zambales Mountains to avoid capture - or worse. Desperate for money, medicine, and guns, the resistance recruits Gina to join their underground army and smuggles her back to Manila. 

The definitive account of General Douglas MacArthur's rise during World War II, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals. World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. Macarthur at War will go deeper into this transformative period of his...

As the global war on terror enters its second decade, the United States military is engaged with militant Islamic insurgents on multiple fronts. But the post-9/11 war against terrorists is not the first time the United States has battled such ferocious foes. The forgotten Moro War, lasting from 1902 to 1913 in the islands of the southern Philippines, was the first confrontation between American soldiers and their allies and a determined Muslim insurgency.

TIME’S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “Patricia Evangelista’s searing account is not only the definitive chronicle of a reign of terror in the Philippines, but a warning to the rest of the world about the true dangers of...

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A “powerful and courageous” (Kirkus Reviews) coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin’s murder. “Brilliant, honest, and equal parts heartbreaking and soul-healing...

This is the thrilling first-person story of a young Army Air Corps mechanic caught up in the worldwind of events in World War II. Gautier arrived in the Philippines on Thanksgiving Day 1941. Just two weeks later the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the Philippines. Gautier was given World War I vintage rifle and sent to Bataan to fight as an infantryman. After the fall of Bataan in April 1942, Gautier survived the infamous Bataan Death March and the horrible conditions at Camp O'Donnel. He was sent along with some other American mechanics to Baguio, where they did all they could to ...

In 1898, on the eve of the Spanish-American War, the US Army seemed minuscule and ill-equipped for global conflict. Yet over the next fifteen years, its soldiers defeated Spain and pacified nationalist insurgencies in both Cuba and the Philippines. Despite their lack of experience in colonial administration, American troops also ruled and transformed the daily lives of the 8 million people who inhabited these tropical islands.

Bloomsbury presents Devil's Fire, Southern Cross: The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943-February 1944, read by John Chancer. A fast-paced and absorbing read of the final months of the crucial Guadalcanal-Solomons campaign during the Pacific War by esteemed World War...

In the heart of the Pacific, they came not just to fight—but to liberate. The Battle of Luzon was one of the largest campaigns of the Pacific War—a massive combined effort to free the Philippines from Japanese occupation and strike a decisive blow against the Axis in the Pacific. Liberators tells the harrowing, heroic, and unforgettable stories of the men who went above and beyond the call of duty—earning the Medal of Honor in some of the war’s fiercest fighting. This seventh volume in the Medal of Honor series chronicles the campaign through the lens of extraordinary courage: ...

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.

“Papa explains the war like this: ‘When the elephants dance, the chickens must be careful.’ The great beasts, as they circle one another, shaking the trees and trumpeting loudly, are the Amerikanos and the Japanese as they fight. And our Philippine Islands? We are the small chickens.”...

John Wukovits tells of the most dramatic naval battle of the Pacific War and the incredible sacrifice of the USS Samuel B. Roberts. On October 25, 1944, the Samuel B. Roberts, along with the other twelve vessels comprising its unit, stood between Japan's largest battleship force ever sent to sea...

General Douglas MacArthur's bloody campaign to defeat die-hard Japanese forces and liberate the Philippines “I shall return,” General Douglas MacArthur promised the Filipino people following the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippines in spring 1942. The people there believed...

"Intimate and epic. It compels you to read on." - Evan Winter, author of The Rage of Dragons "Villoso's cunning, exciting debut is a new fantasy epic that readers will clamor for." - Library Journal (starred review) From "a powerful new voice in fantasy" (Kameron Hurley) comes the tale of a...

On April 27, 1898, six American ships of the line, led by the Olympia with Commodore George Dewey aboard, headed toward Manila Bay. After several days of sailing over the South China Sea, Dewey hoped to sail past the Spanish fort at Corregidor to arrive at Manila without detection, and sailed without lights in order to do so. He made it into the bay, where the naval battle with the Spanish South Pacific Squadron began in the wee hours of May 1, 1898.

Dorothy McKibben was the, "front man," for the Manhattan Project in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dorothy and Robert Oppenheimer became life long friends, in this fascinating story. Ester Ahn Kim, a Korean Christian, refused to bow at a shrine. She was taken prisoner and held until the United States liberated Korea after World War II. Her faith was amazing, and God used her greatly during her imprisonment. Philip Johnston and the Navajo Code Talkers. This story takes place in and near my home town, of Flagstaff, Arizona. The United States was losing the war in the Pacific, because the Japanese were...

Chiara is working on a film about an incident in Balangiga, Samar, in 1901, when Filipino revolutionaries attacked an American garrison, and in retaliation, American soldiers created "a howling wilderness" of the surrounding countryside. Magsalin reads Chiara's film script and writes her own version. Insurrecto contains within its dramatic action two rival scripts from the filmmaker and the translator - one about a white photographer, the other about a Filipino schoolteacher.