4. Efficient, Honest, and Democratic: U.S. Aid, Public Administration, and the Campaign against Corruption

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction: A Decolonized Empire 1
5. 1. An Amazing Record of Red Plotting: Policing Radical and Racial Boundaries in the Colonial Philippines 20
6. 2. State Violence and the Problem of Political Legitimacy: WWII, Philippine Independence, and the Hukbalahap 59
7. 3. The Anticommunist International: The Philippine Front in a Global War against Communism 94
8. 4. Efficient, Honest, and Democratic: U.S. Aid, Public Administration, and the Campaign against Corruption 130
9. 5. A Dirty, Half-Hidden War: The CIA and U.S.-Philippine Covert Operations in Southeast Asia 159
10. Epilogue: A Friendship Written in Blood 185
11. Acknowledgments 191
12. Notes 195
13. Bibliography 235
14. Index 261