Beschreibung:
Ronald K. Edgerton is professor emeritus of history at the University of Northern Colorado. He previously lived in the Philippines, first as a Peace Corps volunteer and later as a Fulbright Scholar. He is the author of People of the Middle Ground: A Century of Conflict and Accommodation in Central Mindanao, 1880s--1980s.
In light of Pershing's military success, this study calls for a reevaluation of the more invasive counterinsurgency methods used by US officers against Muslim militants today, and it addresses the important role the Philippine-American War played in developing modern US military strategy.