Hang the Dogs : The True Tragic History of the Balangiga Massacre

"""Hang the Dogs" by Bob Couttie relates the story of an ambush of a company of 9th U.S. infantry soldiers in Samar during the Philippine American War, as well as subsequent retaliatory measures taken by U.S. military forces against Samar's population. The event, commonly called the "Balangiga Massacre," has garnered a great deal of attention ... partially as a result of an ongoing controversy over the U.S. military's seizure of the church bells from the town and the Filipinos' bid to have them returned. While it is clear that Couttie has done an extensive amount of research on the topic of the Balangiga Massacre, his presentation does little to make the reader comfortable about the historical validity of some of his interpretations."" VinnieTheK (Amazon.com)