President Trump and General Pershing Remembrances of the "Moro" Insurrection in the Age of Post-Truths /

• Main Author: Hasian, Jr., Marouf A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: United States-Politics and government.; World politics.; Imperialism.; Communication.; US Politics.; Political History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Media and Communication.

This book provides a critical analysis of Donald Trump's mention of General Pershing and his alleged use of bullets dipped in pig's blood to kill 49 out of 50 captured Muslims during the suppression years in the Philippines. The author argues that most observers who heard this "fable&...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Theory, Praxis, and American Politics in the Age of Post-Truths
• 2. Competing Military and Civilian Remembrances of "Black Jack" Pershing and the Moros, 1899-1914
• 3. Cultural Amnesias, Changing Political Needs in the U.S. and the Philippines, and Conflicting Memories of General Pershing and the "Moro" Rebellion, 1915-2000
• 4. Post-9/11 Anxieties, Donald Trump's "Post-truths," Pershing, and Contemporary Defenses of Counterinsurgency "Hearts and Minds" Strategies.  .