Traces the history of the Philippines, discusses the influence of Spain and the United States, and looks at the problems facing the Philippines today.
Stanley Karnow
About Stanley Karnow
Stanley Karnow is the author of, among other books, the bestselling Vietnam: A History and the Pulitzer Prize-winning In Our Image: America and the Philippines. He lives outside of Washington, D.C.
Praise
Praise
"Stanley Karnow Has Written The Ultimate Book -- brilliant, panoramic, engrossing -- about American behavior overseas in the twentieth century."
-- The Boston Sunday Globe
"A Page-Turning Story and Authoritative History."
-- The New York Times
"Perhaps The Best Journalist Writing On Asian Affairs."