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Written by a Filipino journalist right after the war, this book is a record of collaboration in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation and the postwar betrayal by Filipino “collaborator” politicians led by Manuel A. Roxas.

Abaya was…

One of the first published histories from the Filipino side of the guerrilla resistance movement in the Philippines.

This volume, published barely a year after the war, documents the Negros guerrilla resistance movement, recognized by General…

An anthology of first-hand contemporary writings of Filipinos showing their views on World War II and the Japanese occupation: responses to the outbreak of war; motivations to fight, deciding to collaborate or resist; surviving the difficulties of…

Classic scholarly study by an American scholar on the issue of Filipino political collaboration during the Japanese occupation. Apart from documenting the activities of key Filipinos such as Laurel, Vargas and other members of the Executive…

First detailed account and rationalization of the actions of key political collaborators during the Japanese occupation.

Recto was a former associate justice of the Philippine Supreme Court and was president of the 1934-1935 Philippine…

Originally written during the Japanese occupation, Quirino (brother of President Elpidio Quirino) planned this one-volume history of World War II and the Japanese occupation for the return of the Philippine Commonwealth government. Instead, it was…

Detailed reconstruction of life in Malate during the Japanese occupation, focusing on the Remedios Hospital put up in the Malate Catholic School.

Originally set up as an emergency hospital by the Red Cross at the start of the war, the Remedios…

A pioneering work on various aspects of the Japanese occupation not normally dealt with in most books on the period, using Japanese primary sources including interviews and unpublished papers. The authors – seven Japanese and one Filipino – are all…

English translation of what is probably the first book on the Battle of Manila and its atrocities, seen primarily from the experiences of the Spanish community. Although published in 1947, it received little attention in the Philippines, as it was a…

First book-length account of the Battle for Manila in February 1945 and its atrocities, focusing on the Spaniards who were caught in the battle.

The author was a renowned Spanish writer and journalist whose father had worked in Manila. His…