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Miller, Stuart Creighton. Benevolent Assimilation: The American Conquest of the Philippines, 1899-1903. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982.

A detailed account of the war that focuses on American imperialist interests and Filipino resistance.

Coffman, Tom.  Nation Within: The Story of America's Annexation of the Nation of Hawaii.

A detailed account of the annexation of Hawaii that emphasizes Theodore Roosevelt and the momentum of U.S. imperialism in this period.

White, Richard. "It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

	Malone, Michael P. & Richard W. Etulain. The American West: A Twentieth-Century History. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
	Milner, Clyde A., ed. Major Problems in the History of the American West: Documents and Essays. Lexington, Mass.: Heath, 1989.
	Milner, Clyde A., Carol A. O'Connor, and Martha A. Sandweiss, ed. The Oxford History of the American West. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994

Gould, Lewis L. The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 1991.

A biography of Theodore Roosevelt.

Koenig, Louis W. Bryan: A Political Biography of William Jennings Bryan. New York: Putnam, 1971.

A biography of William Jennings Bryan.

Hawaii’s Last Queen. Written and produced by Vivian Ducat. 60 min. 1998. Videorecording.

The story of Queen Liliuokalani and the American annexation of Hawaii as told by the PBS series, "The American Experience." It is available in the IMC. The online companion to the video is located at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/hawaii/.

Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation. Directed by Joan Lander. 60 min. 1993. Videorecording.

Reviews the political and cultural history of the indigenous peoples of Hawaii, the impact of European invaders upon their land and current day political activities by indigenous Hawaiians who wish to reclaim political control of the island. Available in IMC -- VIDEOTAPE VT2186.

From Here to Eternity. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. 118 min. 1953. Videorecording. An academy award winning film depicting US Army life in Hawaii leading up to Pearl Harbor attack. It is available in most video stores (look in the "Classics" section.

Affairs in Hawaii: Executive Documents of the House of Representatives for the Third Session of the Fifty-Third Congress [The Blount Report]. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Volumes I and II.

Transcripts from Congressional hearings leading up to the US annexation of Hawaii (ask for help at the Government Documents desk in Knight Library).

Philippine Insurgent Records, 1896-1901.

In Microforms, Knight Library. Finding aids are included in the collection.

Zwick, Jim ed. Mark Twain’s Weapons of Satire: Anti-imperialist Writings on the Philippine-American War. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1992.

Mark Twain’s writings opposing the war.