A War of Frontier and Empire

First-rate military history A War of Frontier and Empire retells an often forgotten chapter in America''s past infusing it with commanding contemporary relevance.It has been termed an insurgency a revolution a guerrilla war and a conventional war. As David J. 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 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.