In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines
What is the main conflict in In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines by Stanley Karnow?
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Since taking the Philippines as a "prize" in the Spanish American war, the U.S. has strayed from seeing the island nation as a conquest to be exploited, a guilty secret to be fixed, and a valuable strategic asset to be kept at any cost.