McCoy, Alfred W.

Policing America's empire the United S tates, the Philippines, and the rise of the surveillance state / [electronic resource] : Alf red W. McCoy. - Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009. - xviii, 659 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies . - New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Capillaries of empire -- Colonial coercion -- Surveillance and scand al -- Paramilitary pacification -- Constabulary covert operations -- Po licing the tribal zone -- American police in Manila -- The Conley Case -- President Wilson's surveillance state -- President Quezon's Commonwe alth -- Philippine republic -- Martial law terror -- Unsheathing the sw ord -- Ramos's supercops -- Estrada's racketeering -- Extrajudicial exe cutions -- Crucibles of counterinsurgency.


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University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2012.
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Espionage, American-- History-- Philippines-- 20th century.


Philippines-- History-- Secr et service.-- Philippine American War, 1899-1902
Philippines-- History-- Autonomy and independence movements.