The new American imperialism ... “The truth is I didn’t want the Philippines,” McKinley said, “and when they came to us, as a gift from the gods, I did not know what to do with them.” ...

Congress approved President McKinley's request for a declaration of war on April 25, 1898; yet the Spanish-American War was the culmination of decades of pressure toward U.S. expansionism.

Our imperialism has had a different operational mode than classical European colonialism. ... seized Puerto Rico and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. We also took Guam.

Contrary to enlistment promises, African American soldiers in the Philippines were relegated to second-class status. Officers often ordered them to carry out ‘dirty jobs’ that no white ...

De Leon said he studies the Philippines “without reducing it to an American colony, without reducing it to just the Philippines (and) without reducing it to the purview of elites.” Instead, De Leon ...

The Philippine-American War is little remembered in either the Philippines or the United States. The US government termed the entire bloody affair an “insurrection.” The Filipinos had been ...

Biden’s trip to Vietnam was focused on preparing such an outcome, however, by lining up Vietnamese support for the militaristic posture of American imperialism in the Far East.

What she makes • Unson makes mixed-media art, most recently surrounding the theme of American imperialism in the Philippines. Where to buy • Riaunson.com How much: $425-$4,800 ...

The Department of Defense is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, one the great historical events of American history. Within the U.S. military, World War II made the ...

The Port of Subic Bay, formerly Naval Station Cubi Point, receives a flurry of American maritime activity every Spring as U.S. forces surge into the Philippines for military drills.