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 of America
surface form: 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 Philippine Department
surface form: U.S. Army in the Philippines
geographicFocus Philippines
United States of America
surface form: 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