TY - BOOK AU - March,Alden,1869-1942 TI - The history and conquest of the Philippines and our other Island possessions: embracing our war with the Filipinos in 1899, together with a complete history of those islands from the earliest times to the present; an authentic history of the Spanish war prepared from official AV - FIL E 715 .M37 PY - 1901///?] CY - [n.p KW - Spanish-American war, 1898 KW - Philippines KW - History KW - Philippine American War, 1899-1902 N1 - Contents; The Philippines, past and present-- Behind admiral Dewey's guns-- The second battle of Manila-- The trouble with General Aguinaldo-- The men who won fame in battle-- A past history written in blood-- Filipino's struggles for freedom-- The great value of the Philippines-- The people of the island-- Fascinations and terrors of a new land-- Manila, the metropolis of the Philippines-- Other important cities of the islands-- The future of the islands-- The Ladrone islands-- The Hawaiian islands, "the paradise of the Pacific"-- Cuba, "the child of our adoption"-- Possibilities of the island-- The explosion of the Maine, and war-- The campaign in Cuba-- The invasion of Cuba by the army-- The surrender of Santiago-- The campaign in Porto Rico-- Porto Rico, past, present and future-- The heroes of 1898 and 1899-- The closing events of the Philippine war ER -