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Freedom incorporated : anticommunism and Philippine independence in the age of decolonization / Colleen Woods.
LIBRA DS685 .W775 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woods, Colleen, 1980- author.
- Series:
- United States in the world
- The United States in the World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anti-communist movements--Philippines.
- Anti-communist movements.
- Anti-imperialist movements--Philippines.
- Anti-imperialist movements.
- Decolonization--Philippines.
- Decolonization.
- Postcolonialism--Philippines.
- Postcolonialism.
- Politics and government.
- Philippines--Politics and government--20th century.
- Philippines.
- United States--Foreign relations--Philippines.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Philippines--Foreign relations--United States.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Freedom Incorporated tells the story of American and Filipino anticommunists who sought to turn the Philippines into a laboratory for exportable models of decolonization, postcolonial statehood, and anticommunist warfare"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : A Decolonized Empire
- An Amazing Record of Red Plotting : Policing Radical and Racial Boundaries in the Colonial Philippines
- State Violence and the Problem of Political Legitimacy : WWII, Philippine Independence, and the Hukbalahap
- The Anti-Communist International : The Philippine Front and Global Anticommunist Warfare
- Efficient, Honest, and Democratic : US Foreign Aid, Public Administration, and the Campaign Against Corruption
- A Dirty, Half-Hidden War : The CIA and US-Philippine Covert Operations in Southeast Asia
- Epilogue : A Friendship Written in Blood.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Woods, Colleen, 1980- Freedom incorporated
- ISBN:
- 9781501749131
- 1501749137
- OCLC:
- 1120784644
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