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Visualizing American empire: Orientalism and imperialism in the Philippines\ (University of Chicago Press, 2010) online. Capozzola, Christopher. Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America's First Pacific Century (2020) online; also see online scholarly review of this book; Cullather, Nick (1994).
Speaking to this support, U.S. President George W. Bush praised the Philippines as a bastion of democracy in the East and called the Philippines America's oldest ally in Asia. President Bush's speech on October 18, 2003, was only the second U.S. presidential address to the Philippine Congress; U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered the ...
The Philippines has competing claims with China in the waters to its west also known as the South China Sea. China claims 90% of the sea as its sovereign territory.
Recent maritime run-ins between China and the Philippines, a U.S. treaty ally, have made the highly strategic South China Sea a potential flashpoint between Washington and Beijing.
The Philippines became a US territory after the Spanish–American War and the subsequent Philippine–American War.In 1935, under the terms of the Tydings–McDuffie Act, the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth, the Philippine Commonwealth, with full independence planned for ten years later.
Stand up for your fellow Americans."Kamala HarrisGetty Images"Racism is real in America, and it has always been. ... There is no bad time to be an ally, but amid Asian American and Pacific ...
In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines is a 1989 book by American journalist Stanley Karnow, published by Random House. [1] The book details the Philippine–American War (1899–1902) and the subsequent American occupation of the islands. Karnow described the book as "the story of America's only major colonial experience.
Here’s how you can become a true ally to the Asian American community. Listen, believe, validate, and help report incidents Being a good ally requires listening with empathy and compassion.