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27 it says that the Queen (Lili'oukalani) of Hawaii was deposed in 1883, but as of this time she had not yet ascended to the throne.

Early on I noted two items that caused me to read with skepticism.

I know so little about this era in the Philippines that this book gave me some acquaintance with the issues and events. Most important, Silbey provides a clear lens to view the Philippines as, in the crucible of war, it transforms itself from a territory divided by race, ethnicity, and warring clans into a cohesive nation on the path to independence.more He tracks President McKinley's decision to commit troops and fulfill a divinely inspired injunction to "uplift and civilize" despite the protests of many Americans. In A War of Frontier and Empire, Silbey traces the rise and fall of President Emilio Aguinaldo, as Aguinaldo tries to liberate the Philippines from colonial rule only to fail, devastatingly, before a relentless American army. Played out over three distinct conflicts-one fought between the Spanish and the allied United States and Filipino forces one fought between the United States and the Philippine Army of Liberation and one fought between occupying American troops and an insurgent alliance of often divided Filipinos-the war marked America's first steps as a global power and produced a wealth of lessons learned and forgotten. Silbey demonstrates in this taut, compelling history, the 1899 Philippine-American War was in fact all of these.

Played out over three distinct conflicts-one fought between the Spanish and the allied United States and Filipino forces one fought between the United States a It has been termed an insurgency, a revolution, a guerrilla war, and a conventional war. It has been termed an insurgency, a revolution, a guerrilla war, and a conventional war.