Retentionist in Chief: William Howard Taft and the Question of Philippine Independence, 1912–1916

Retentionist in Chief: William Howard Taft and the Question of Philippine Independence, 1912–1916

Between 1900 and 1913, Republican William Howard Taft maintained a keen interest in preserving a US imperial connection with the Philippines. Following defeat in his presidential reelection campaign of 1912, Taft became the unofficial leader of a “retentionist” movement to stop the US Democratic Par...

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Main Author: Burns, Adam D.;
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2013
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol61/iss2/3
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-40002024-08-07T03:42:03Z Retentionist in Chief: William Howard Taft and the Question of Philippine Independence, 1912–1916 Burns, Adam D.; Between 1900 and 1913, Republican William Howard Taft maintained a keen interest in preserving a US imperial connection with the Philippines. Following defeat in his presidential reelection campaign of 1912, Taft became the unofficial leader of a “retentionist” movement to stop the US Democratic Party from making any firm promise of future independence for the islands, which he saw as a “policy of scuttle.” Thisarticle brings light to the underexplored role Taft played in this movement, which proved a marked contrast to the route the US ultimately took in its interventions across the globe in the twentieth century and beyond.Keywords: US–Philippine relations • Philippine independence • Jones Act (Philippine Organic Act) • US imperialism 2013-06-13T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol61/iss2/3 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.4000 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4000/viewcontent/6071.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Between 1900 and 1913, Republican William Howard Taft maintained a keen interest in preserving a US imperial connection with the Philippines. Following defeat in his presidential reelection campaign of 1912, Taft became the unofficial leader of a “retentionist” movement to stop the US Democratic Party from making any firm promise of future independence for the islands, which he saw as a “policy of scuttle.” Thisarticle brings light to the underexplored role Taft played in this movement, which proved a marked contrast to the route the US ultimately took in its interventions across the globe in the twentieth century and beyond.Keywords: US–Philippine relations • Philippine independence • Jones Act (Philippine Organic Act) • US imperialism
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title Retentionist in Chief: William Howard Taft and the Question of Philippine Independence, 1912–1916
title_short Retentionist in Chief: William Howard Taft and the Question of Philippine Independence, 1912–1916
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title_fullStr Retentionist in Chief: William Howard Taft and the Question of Philippine Independence, 1912–1916
title_full_unstemmed Retentionist in Chief: William Howard Taft and the Question of Philippine Independence, 1912–1916
title_sort retentionist in chief: william howard taft and the question of philippine independence, 1912–1916
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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