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Consistency is the Hobgoblin: Manuel L. Quezon and Japan, 1899–1934

1983; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 14; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0022463400009000

1474-0680

Grant K. Goodman,

Asian American and Pacific Histories

During the period of American colonial rule in the Philippines prior to the Pacific War, the attitude of most thoughtful Filipinos toward Japan seemed to waver as though tantalized between fear and fascination. For while there was often a genuine concern, principally as a result of Japanese-American tensions, that a predatory Japan was literally counting the moments to an invasion and conquest of the Islands, there was also the tremendous admiration of one Asian people for another and an almost awe-struck eagerness to emulate the startling successes of Japan in achieving modern nationhood in its fullest sense. To this generalization Manuel Luis Quezon (1878–1944) was no exception.