The U.S. Army and Counterinsurgency in the Philippine War, 1899-1902

After defeating the Philippine Republic's conventional forces in 1899, the US Army was broken up into small garrisons to prepare Luzon for colonial rule. The Filipino nationalists transformed their resistance into a guerrilla warfare that varied greatly from region to region. The study offers new insights for counterinsurgency theory and for the study of America's military experience in Asia.