America in the Philippines, 1899–1902: The First Torture Scandal PDF
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America in the Philippines, 1899–1902 America in the Philippines, 1899–1902 The First Torture Scandal Christopher J. Einolf AMERICA IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1899–1902 Copyright © Christopher J. Einolf, 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-46075-2 All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-68987-3 ISBN 978-1-137-46076-9 (eBook) DOI10.1057/9781137460769 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: November 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my friends C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments ix One Introduction 1 Two Theories of Human Rights Abuses and Advocacy 7 Three The Laws of War and Illegitimate Combatants 25 Four Early Experimentation, 1898–1900 37 Five Standard Operating Procedure, Fall 1900–Spring 1901 61 Six “Kill and Burn,” Fall 1901–Summer 1902 79 Seven T he Scandal Builds, January 1901–March 1902 97 Eight The Scandal Breaks, April 1902 117 Nine T he Scandal Recedes, May–June 1902 135 Ten The Effects of the Scandal 153 Eleven Conclusion 175 Notes 193 Bibliography 217 Index 229 A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S This research was partially funded by grants and fellowships from DePaul University and by the Ridgway Research Grant from the US Army Military History Institute. I thank the editors of Palgrave Macmillan and the anonymous reviewer for their very valuable sugges- tions on improving the manuscript, and Katie Brown for proofreading and editing multiple versions of the manuscript. This book is dedicated to the close friends who have stood by me through a recent crisis in my life: Sema Akboga, Stephanie Bailey and Brendan Short, Eleanor Brown, Bill Calzaretta, John Hartzell and MaryPat Mauro, Michael and Judy Hightower, Deanine Johnson, Rudy Koenig and Jodi Kolo, Marcella Rafea, JoDee Starrick, Clayton Thomason, and Pamala Wiepking. Thank you all for your love and support.
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