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107: The Philippine-American War

History That Doesn't Suck

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The Water Cure

Guerillas ambush, kill, then disappear into the jungle. American troops know the fighters who've killed their friends are somewhere among the innocent civilians in the villages but it's impossible to identify them. Everyone proclaims friendship with cries of amigo, amigo. Arthur offers blanket amnesty to all guerillas in june. But few take up the offer to the americans. These aren't freedom fighters seeking to dislodge and occupyin forein power. They see insurgents unwilling to engage in fair fight. There's word of us service men burning villages, killing lawful prisoners and implementing something they call the water cure. This same summer of 19 hundred a letter written by the 30 second volunteer

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