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How the Spaniards Won in Marawi but Lost in Cavite
- Publisher
- New Day Publishers
- Year
- 2018
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 222
- ISBN
- 9789711013622
- Availability
- In print
Still in print: the link goes to a shop that sells it.
About the book
The Spanish campaigns against the Maranao in the 1890s, set against the revolution that broke out in Luzon at the same time.
Rey Luis Adeva Montesclaros gives an account of 2 major Spanish military campaigns in Lanao: the Weyler campaign of 1891 and the Blanco campaign of 1895. He says the recent destruction of Marawi moved him to write it, as proof that history keeps repeating itself in Lanao.
His main argument links Lanao to Luzon. Spain sent 5 of its 7 army regiments in Mindanao against the Maranao, and this left its forces near Manila weak when the 1896 Revolution broke out. Cavite fell as a result. In his view, Spain might have beaten the Katipunan had its troops not been tied down in the south.
The 222-page book also fills a gap in the history of northern Mindanao. It covers the work of the Spanish religious orders there and the hardships of migrant settlers, who faced Maranao resistance because they were seen as tools of Spanish rule. The author offers these lessons to policymakers and others dealing with Mindanao today.
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