Policing America's empire : the United States, the Philippines, and the rise of the surveillance state / Alfred W. McCoy.
- McCoy, Alfred W
- Date:
- [2009], ©2009
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Publication/Creation
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2009], ©2009.
Physical description
xviii, 659 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.