Policing America's empire the United S tates, the Philippines, and the rise of the surveillance state - McCoy, Alfred W.; American Council of Learned Societies (Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 2009)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Espionage, American -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century; Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Secr et service; Philippines -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements