Archipelagic republic in the western Pacific; gained full independence from the United States on 4 July 1946.
Single-volume narrative history through independence and the modern republic.
Pulitzer-winning account of the US colonial period leading to 1946 independence.
Jose's The Pretenders, in the Modern Library omnibus, follows the post-independence Philippine elite of the 1950s-60s.
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