The ironic hypocrisy of killing : how sanctioned counterinsurgency policies of the Philippine war ends the court-martial of Major Littleton Waller.

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The ironic hypocrisy of killing : how sanctioned counterinsurgency policies of the Philippine war ends the court-martial of Major Littleton Waller.

The ironic hypocrisy of killing : how sanctioned counterinsurgency policies of the Philippine war ends the court-martial of Major Littleton Waller.

2013

https://www.worldcat.org/title/ironic-hypocrisy-of-killing-how-sanctioned-counterinsurgency-policies-of-the-philippine-war-ends-the-court-martial-of-major-littleton-waller/oclc/891086691

The massacre of forty-eight U.S. soldiers at Balangiga on the island of Samar by insurgents and indigenous locals ignited a tinderbox of transformation of U.S. military operations and policy in the Philippines. Brigadier General Jacob Smith, a man of reputed questionable moral character, was placed in command of the operations on the island of Samar, and issued the infamous order to his subordinate, Maj Littleton Waller, to "punish treachery with death", to "kill and burn", and to turn the interior of Samar into "a howling wilderness." As Maj Waller lead a befuddled march into the interior of Samar, native guides seized at the opportunity to weaken the expedition through treacherous deceit and the attempted murder of Waller's marines. As a result, Major Waller executed eleven of these guides. ... This paper will analyze how the cultural predispositions of the early Twentieth Century served as the foundation for harsh and brutal tactics against the insurgents in the Phillipines. While history often portrays Major Waller's actions as an ill-conceived murderous rampage, a closer analysis reveals how his actions were the result of authorized harsh treatment against a people commonly dehumanized by his military and civilian superiors.

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