Patricio Abinales- Positive Perceptions of the U.S. Military Presence in the Philippines

Description:
Patricio Abinales is a professor of History at the University of Hawai'i in Mānoa. He specializes in the modern history of the Philippines. Abinales provides a cursory overview of the history of colonialism in the Philippines, and argues that some communities in the south of the Philippines hold positive views about the United States' former colonial presence in the Philippines.