Magellan, Ferdinand
Mahan, Alfred Thayer
Malolos
Malvar, Miguel
Manila; communication lines of; native police force in; siege of; Spanish garrison in; surrender of; U.S. defensive line around; as U.S. naval base; as U.S. trade port
Manila, Battle of; casualties in; frontal assaults in; MacArthur’s contingency plan for; martial law imposed in; naval support in; number of U.S. soldiers in; opening fight of; planned simultaneous attacks in; U.S. victory in; U.S. volunteer regiments in
Manila Bay; Battle of; German naval provocation in; Spanish hulks visible in
Manire, Cpl. Ernest
March, Maj. Peyton J.
Marinduque ambush
Marshall, George C.
Marshall, John
Mauser rifles
Mavitac, Battle of
Merritt, Gen. Wesley
Meyer, Pvt. G. E.
Miles, Gen. Nelson A.
Mindanao
Mitchell, Capt. David L.
Mitchell, John
Monroe Doctrine
Moros
Napoleon III, Emperor of France
Native Americans
Naval War Board
Navy, U.S.; battleships of; brown-water operations of; Chilean crisis of; commerce raiders of; expansion of; extracontinental bases of; Filipinos in; Mahan and; monitor ships of; post–Civil War; Samoan crisis of; warships of
Navy, U.S., Asiatic fleet of; general blockade by; supportive operations of; see also Dewey, Commodore George
Navy Department, U.S.
Noriel, Gen. Mariano
Otis, Brig. Gen. H. G.
Otis, Gen. Elwell; amphibious expeditions organized by; in Battle of Manila; departure of; Dewey’s relationship with; fall campaign plan of; first Philippine Commission’s relationship with; GO 100 as enforced by; governmental administration of; insurgents as viewed by; native auxiliary forces created by; southern campaign plan of; victory assumed by
Ovenshine, Brig. Gen. Samuel
Panama Canal
Paris Exposition (1889)
Paterno, Pedro
Pershing, Capt. John J.
Peyton, Col. E. G.
Philip II, King of Spain
Philippine-American War: aftermath of; appropriate labeling ofi–xiv–xvi; conflicts within–xvi; nationalizing effect of, xi–xv; tribal loyalties and, xiv; Vietnam War and
Philippine Commission, first
Philippine Commission, second; arrival of; civilian administration by; Filipino members of; see also Taft, William Howard
Philippine Islands; Catholicism in; Chinese population of; client-patron relationship in; in Cold War; cultural and linguistic diversity of; demographic upheavals in; discharged soldiers remaining in; economy of; English as common language in; epidemics in; European imperialist interest in; geography of; hemp provinces of; historical eras of; independence of; Industrial Revolution and; mortality crises of; social classes of; Spanish colonization of; Spanish legal system of; as trading hub; U.S. annexation of; as U.S. market; U.S. naval bases in
Philippine Islands, U.S. governance of; as benevolent protectorate; civilian administration of; defensive effort involved in; education system created by; Filipino presence in; Filipinos’ amicable acceptance of; hemp ports opened in; legal reforms of; local elites in; military; municipal governments in; Native Americans as exemplars in; native auxiliary forces created in; tax reform in; in World War II
Philippine Republic; Malolos as capital of
Philippine Revolution
Platt, Thomas
Plymouth Cordage Company
Pratt, E. Spencer
Primo de Rivero, Fernando
Puerto Rico
Pullman labor strike
racism
Reddy, Cpl. Herbert
Reed, John
Reid, Whitelaw
Republican Party; African-American preference for; 1900 election campaign of; 1900 election convention of
rinderpest
Rizal, José
Roosevelt, Theodore; as Assistant Secretary of Navy; in Cuban War; as New York governor; in 1900 election campaign; as president; war-ending proclamation of
Root, Elihu
rope makers
Ross v. United States
Rousling, James F.
Russater, John
Russia
Russo-Japanese War
Samar; civilian concentration policy on; hemp ports of; insurgent ambushes on; see also Balangiga massacre; Smith’s punitive actions on
Schenck, Lt. William T.
Schurman, Jacob Gould
Schwan, Brig. Gen. Theodore
Segismundo, Cecilio
Segovia, Capt. Lasaro
Senate, U.S.; 1902 committee hearings of; Treaty of Paris ratified by
Sherman, Gen. William T.
Shields, Capt. Devereux
Skilman, Pvt. Henry King
Smith, Gen. Jacob Hurd
Social Darwinism
Spaini, xiv; army of; Central American mines of; declining empire of; internal politics of; monarchy of; navy of
Spanish-American War; Battle of Manila Bay in; Guam occupied in; peace negotiations of; see also Treaty of Paris; Philippines in war plan of; press coverage of; racism increased by; U.S. Army strength in; U.S. payment in settlement of; see also Army of Liberation, U.S. alliance with; Cuban War
Springfield rifles
Stevens, Aaron
Stevens, John L.
Stickney, Joseph
Subic Bay
Sulu, Sultan of
Supreme Court, U.S.
Taft, William Howard; MacArthur’s relationship with; as Philippine governor
Tagalogsi, xiv
Texas, annexation of
Thirty Years’ War
Thomas, Lt. J. H.
Tinio, Gen. Manuel
Tirad Pass, Battle of
Tirono, Gen. Daniel
Tracy, Benjamin
Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition
Treaty of Biak-na-Bato
Treaty of Paris, xiv; ratification of
Treaty of Washington
Trias, Gen. Antonio
Tyler, John
United States: anti-imperialist sentiment in; anti-Reconstruction attitude in; British peace with; coastal defense system of; economic revolution in; 1893 depression of; exceptionalism of; expansionist sentiment in, xi; Filipinos as “favored race” in; immigration to; imperialist sentiment in; labor unrest in; manifest destiny of, xi; racism in; reaction to Samar atrocities in; as Spain’s antithesis; western frontier of; as world power
United States v. Kagama
Villa, Simeon
Villamor, Juan and Blas
Wafer, Pvt. Charles
Wagner, Col. Arthur
Waller, Maj. William Littleton
War Department, U.S.
Washington, Booker T.
Washington, George
“water cure” torture
Watson, Adm. John C.
Wayne, John
Welles, Gideon
Weyler, Valeriano
Wheaton, Maj. Gen. Loyd
White, Frank
“White Man’s Burden, The” (Kipling)
Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany
Woodford, Steward Lyndon
Worcester, Dean C.
World War II
Wurm, Pvt. Theodore
Wyatt, Pvt. Evan
Young, Brig. Gen. Samuel
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Silbey, David.
A war of frontier and empire : the Philippine-American war, 1899–1902 / David J. Silbey.— 1st ed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Philippines—History—Philippine American War, 1899–1902. I. Title.
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