Synopses & Reviews
This is the definitive account of the American occupation of Cebu. It brings together a large mass of original data not only on battles and skirmishes but also on such topics as finances of the resistance, collaboration and factionalism among Cebuanos, brigandage, and the background and motives of the personalities involved.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-242) and index.
Table of Contents
A time between times -- The coming of the Americans -- A society comes apart -- Widening the orbit -- The siege of Sudlon -- Running a war -- Cracks in the resistance -- Fire above, fire beneath -- Infrastructure of consent -- Decade of death -- Surrender of the generals -- The underside of the war -- Rise of the pulahanes -- The leveling of the mountains -- Osmeäna begins.