Frustrated ambition

General Vicente Lim and the Philippine military experience, 1910-1944

By Richard B. Meixsel

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Publish Date

2018

Publisher

Language

eng

Pages

351

Description:

"Uses the career of Vicente Lim, the first Filipino graduate of West Point and commanding general of a Philippine Army division on Bataan during World War II, to reappraise the military history of both the Commonwealth-era Philippine Army (1936-1942) and the Philippines during the American period of occupation"--

subjects: Campaigns, Generals, Philippines. Army, World War, 1939-1945, Military History, Philippines, Officers, Biography, History, Philippines, biography, Generals, biography, Philippines, history, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, philippines

People: Vicente Lim (1888-1944)

Places: Philippines

Times: 1898-1946, 20th century