The MacArthur Highway and Other Relics of American Empire in the Philippines

by Joseph P. McCallus

Book Overview

It has been more than a century since the American conquest and subsequent annexation of the Philippines. Although the nation was given its independence in 1946, American cultural authority remains. In order to locate and lend significance to the relics of American empire, Joseph McCallus retraces the route Gen. Douglas MacArthur took during his liberation of the country from the Japanese in 1944 and 1945. While following MacArthur's footsteps, he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597974978
• ISBN13: 9781597974974
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"