Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, the Philippine-American War, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Ambitions by Gregg Jones

Rose DelParto: Every part of the past has a history worth revisiting as a result of interesting moments that may not have been completely emphasized upon. Journalist and historian Gregg Jones takes a historic event that may have already been written numerous times. However, he delves much closer to the major individuals and pivotal events such as the aftermath of the Spanish American War and the beginning and end of the Philippine American War. Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines and the Rise of America’s Imperial Dream examines a portion of the grander scales of both wars and how one continued after the other and the role of President Theodore Roosevelt and key officials and military generals that were responsible to the rebuilding of the Philippines after Spanish rule, but within the cracks the memory of the war may have been forgotten within the historic past as global expansionism steered forward by 1900. And the Philippine islands became a crux to that movement of advancement and transition but not without a cost that during the time caused controversy within foreign affairs and the United States military.

Honor in the Dust is twofold and elaborates upon...

United States on Sep 07, 2015

J: This is a great book about a long forgotten war. Would recommend to anyone interested in the history of the War in the Philippines. A very well written and informative book.

United Kingdom on Jan 28, 2013

Dodong: Having studied Philippine History in Philippine schools in the sixties it is sobering that there is little mention of the conduct of the Americans in the Philippine-American war. I hope this has been rectified in recent years. I would also recommend In Our Image by Stanley Karnow to provide even more insight into this period of Philippine history and its relevance to where the Phiippines is today.

United Kingdom on Aug 20, 2012

Eldred Cooper: Investigative journalists have become some of our greatest historians with their shattering of the truth, through epic works. Recent history is again disturbed by reminders of The United States of America's own dirty history of genocide, torture, and cover-ups, past and present, by yet another worthy investigative journalist, Gregg Jones, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. His triumphant historical work, Honor in the Dust, Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream, not merely reminds us of our shameful history but makes our recent history jump out from behind the forest of achievements and setbacks in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Already having witnessed harsh reminders of conveniently forgotten episodes in history with the likes of Adam Hochschild's  King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa and  To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 , and Erik Larson, as he takes us  In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin , along with Peter Godwin's screaming  The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe , while penetrating...

United States on Apr 24, 2012