Little Brown Brother: How the United States Purchased and Pacified the Philippine Islands at the Century's Turn

[My review for another edition of this book (I own both; text appears to be the same)] __ A Classic Book. I'm patriotic, but in the Philippines, we invaded a nation of generally civilized, Christian people Though many were native farmers, they were not tribal nor primitive. Many common villagers went to some level of school and were Christian. When we arrived, pretending to help them rebel against Spain, they had been a Spanish colony for 350 years. They were civilized and Catholic, and we killed 20,000 of their soldiers who resisted our invasion and at least 250,000 civilian non-fighters. Once free from Spain (largely achieved on their own) the Filipinos needed our protection from invading nations who wanted their land, resources, and labor. What they got was America as an occupying, somewhat racist invader. I have lived there and written two novels about those historical times.

This is a fine book, still worth reading. But first published in 1960, it is dated and better books have appeared since. The pictures may be the most valuable part.

I recommend this book to American's who are interested in learning the history of America and its failed manifest destiny policy. It is disheartening to know how the U.S. (in the guise of "helping free" the Philippine people from Spain) killed and tortured hundreds of thousands of Philippine Citizens. The title comes from a reference to the Filipino people made by President Taft. It is sad that in the year 2010 this superiority complex is present in the U.S. when dealing with third world people.

An excellent book to help the reader understand the history of US - Philippine relations. This provides detail and insights of the events of the time, 1898 - 1946. Aids understanding of what positive and negative influences the bonding of two cultures had on the people (US and Filipino) at that time and on the feelings held to this day. I recommend this book and "In Our Image" by Stanley Karnow as solid reading for the student of culture and history.

This book should be required reading in our schools. It shows the true side of our statesmen in early foriegn policy. The massacres that happened, the difficultys in supplying our troops and the rather sad policys that arose from the conflict.

i really liked the style the book was written; however, if you aren't into serious historical detail you may find this dryly written. Also, if you are unfamiliar with the geography of the islands or surrounding bodies of water, you may be looking to a map as you read. i am filipino myself and was happy to discover a well-written history of the war and the country itself. Even though this was purchased as a father's day gift, i ended up reading it myself first!

Well written, informative book.

Well written and researched. Won the Francis Parkman award for History writing. Much of the book could have been written after Vietnam or Iraq/Afghanisan, since we've used the same bloody techniques to unsuccessfully occupy and dictate to our victims in each case. Makes one wonder why we give politicians and the military such power to misuse.

Great book, great shipping