Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State

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Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State is a historical study examining how U.S. colonial rule in the Philippines helped pioneer modern systems of surveillance, intelligence, and counterinsurgency that later shaped American domestic and global security practices.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical study ⓘ
argues U.S. colonial practices in the Philippines pioneered modern surveillance techniques ⓘ
colonial counterinsurgency in the Philippines shaped U.S. global security strategies ⓘ
colonial intelligence methods influenced later U.S. domestic security policies ⓘ
author Alfred W. McCoy ⓘ
awarded George McT. Kahin Prize of the Association for Asian Studies ⓘ
Philippine National Book Award (history category) ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States ⓘ
discipline history ⓘ
political science ⓘ
security studies ⓘ
examines creation of intelligence networks in the Philippines ⓘ
development of colonial policing systems ⓘ
relationship between colonial rule and modern security practices ⓘ
surveillance of Filipino nationalist movements ⓘ
focusesOn American colonial administration in the Philippines ⓘ
Philippine Constabulary ⓘ
Philippine–American War ⓘ
U.S. Army in the Philippines ⓘ
geographicFocus Philippines ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasPerspective critical of U.S. imperial practices ⓘ
historicalPeriodCovered early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject U.S. colonial rule in the Philippines ⓘ
U.S. imperialism ⓘ
counterinsurgency ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
pageCount approximately 640 ⓘ
publicationYear 2009 ⓘ
publisher University of Wisconsin Press ⓘ
relatedTo colonial policing ⓘ
history of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
history of the surveillance state in the United States ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
usedIn university courses on Southeast Asian history ⓘ
university courses on U.S. empire ⓘ
university courses on surveillance and security studies ⓘ

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Alfred W. McCoy → notableWork → Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State ⓘ
Act No. 175 of the Philippine Commission → influencedBy → United States colonial policy on policing ⓘ
linked to: Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State