Face of Empire: United States-Philippine Relations, 1898—1946
by Frank Hindman Golay

A rich repository on the major issues, controversies, and crises that confronted various American administrators and Filipino political leaders. Traces the intricate development of U.S. colonial policy in the Philippines by probing the hidden forces behind American objectives that continuously transformed these two nations. Concludes that the U.S. dictated dishonorable terms of independence on the infant Philippine republic.

Copublished with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Southeast Asian Studies.

Finalist, 1998 National Book Awards, for History.