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The devil's causeway : the true story of America's first prisoners of war in the Philippines, and the heroic expedition sent to their rescue / Matthew Westfall.

by Westfall, Matthew.

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Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2012]

Gillmore, James C., 1854-1927.

Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.

Baler (Philippines) -- History -- Siege, 1898-1899.

Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902.

xiv, 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Baler, 1897 -- A defense to madness -- Arrival -- A generous mission -- Reconnoiter -- Trouble -- Off beach and bar -- Sierra Madres -- San Isidro -- A ray of light -- Prison -- The center of gravity -- Pursuit -- Buying time -- The expedition -- Cordilleras -- Salvation -- Garrison -- Venville -- The trial -- Bones -- Dead man's island -- Empire's end -- Epilogue: the cost of conquest.

As the United States engaged in a bloody campaign to pacify its newly-won Philippines territory, a secret American mission went terribly wrong, resulting in a prisoner-of-war incident that foreshadowed World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. What happened next was an epic struggle for survival, a test of the human will to live, and ultimately, a crucible for heroes. Their captivity and the torturous expedition sent to the American POWs' rescue, recalled today as one of the greatest marches in U.S. Army history, features a tightly-hewn cast of characters. A sweeping military epic drawing on international primary sources, "The Devil's Causeway" tells their extraordinary story in its entirety for the first time.

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