The Battle of Cebu: Andrew S. Roman and the Siege of Sudlon (1899-1900)

By Michael Cullinane (Author)

Quick Overview

The critical sourcebook is a fresh and important contribution to the history of the Filipino-American War. It is meant to encourage further investigation of issues the Rowan account raises. There are at least three points of interest in this book.The first is the remarkable manuscript that forms the core of this work, the most detailed military account of a battle in the Filipino-American War that has so far been published. Written around 1900, "Th Conquest of Cebu" narrates a pivotal event in the US occupation of Cebu Province, the American siege (June 1899-January 1900) of the Cebuano republican army's base int he central Cebu highlands that had as its epicenter the mountain district of Sudlon.The second is the author of the manuscript, Captain Andrew S. Rowan (1857-1943). Rowan played a key role in reconnaissance and combat in the siege of Sudlon.The third is the aauthor of this book, American historian Michael Cullinane. Mike studied the Philippines, and in particular Cebu, for over four decades and his knowledge of the nineteenth and early twentieth-century Cebu is unmatched.-- from the Forward by Resil B. Mojares

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael Cullinane is the Asosociate Director of the Center for the Sotuheast Asian at the University of Winconsin-Madison and a Faculty Associate in the Department of History of the same university. He has extensive research, publication and residence int he Philippines, with interests in 19th and 20th-century Philippine social, political and demographic history.