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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792345203321

Autore

McCoy Alfred W

Titolo

Policing America's empire [[electronic resource] ] : the United States, the Philippines, and the rise of the surveillance state / / Alfred W. McCoy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009

ISBN

0-299-23413-4

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 659 p

Collana

New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies

Disciplina

959.9/031

Soggetti

Espionage, American - Philippines - History - 20th century

Philippines History Philippine American War, 1899-1902 Secret service

Philippines History Autonomy and independence movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Capillaries of empire -- Colonial coercion -- Surveillance and scandal -- Paramilitary pacification -- Constabulary covert operations -- Policing the tribal zone -- American police in Manila -- The Conley Case -- President Wilson's surveillance state -- President Quezon's Commonwealth -- Philippine republic -- Martial law terror -- Unsheathing the sword -- Ramos's supercops -- Estrada's racketeering -- Extrajudicial executions -- Crucibles of counterinsurgency.