The US Colonial Legacy in the Philippines
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The US Colonial Legacy in the Philippines
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As part of our week long series “The Legacy of American Empire,” we look at our former colony, the Philippines. The US gained control after the Spanish American Wat. The Philippines gained independence in 1946.We’ll hear from Paul Kramer, Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University about what happened in between.