About the Author

Alfred W. McCoy is J. R. W. Smail Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. His books include The Politics of Heroin and A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation from the Cold War to the War on Terror.

Reviews

Rends the canopy of 'civility' and 'culture' surrounding the ruling families of the Philippines, revealing long histories of opportunism and violence. - Patricio Abinales, Kyoto University.