Nick and Steve discuss the War of 1898 in the Philippines, the mock battle of Manila, and "benevolent" assimilation.  Sources for Part 1 and Part 2:How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States, Daniel ImmerwahrIn the Shadow of the American Century, Alfred McCoyPhilippine Society and Revolution, Amado Guerrerohttps://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/philip/philippineshttps://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1257https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36542/36542-h/36542-h.htm#tochttps://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.htmlhttp://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/empire/text9/filipino.pdfhttp://peacehistory-usfp.org/1898-1899/https://www.globalresearch.ca/selling-empire-american-propaganda-and-war-in-the-philippines/5355055https://online.ucpress.edu/phr/article-abstract/43/2/233/66676/American-Atrocities-in-the-Philippines-The?redirectedFrom=PDF