In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines

Summary

Karnow chronicles the long and tangled relationship between the United States and the Philippines, from the bloody war of conquest after 1898 through colonial rule, independence, and the Marcos years. He shows how Americans tried to remake the islands in their own political image while justifying control over a distant people. Drawing on his reporting experience, he renders the story as both a colonial history and a study of American self deception about empire.