Retentionist in chief William Howard Taft and the question of Philippine Independence, 1912-1916

Retentionist in chief William Howard Taft and the question of Philippine Independence, 1912-1916

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Between 1900 and 1913, Republican William Howard Taft maintained a keen interest in preserving a US imperial connection with the Philippines. Following defeat in his presidential reelection campaign of 1912, Taft became the unofficial leader of a retentionist movement to stop the US Democratic Party...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 61, No. 2 (June 2013), p. 163-192.
Main Author: Burns Adam D. (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: 2013.
Subjects:
Taft, William Howard > 1857-1930.
Philippines > Politics and government > 1898-1935.
United States > Foreign relations > Philippines.
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