This book is part of a selection of rare Filipiniana books which have long been out of print and are no longer available. Through the admirable efforts of concerned groups such as the Filipiniana Book Guild, the Historical Conservation Society, Cacho Hermanos and the Eugenio Lopez Foundation, more Filipiniana materials have been reprinted and made available to the general public. These rare books, selected by Professor Renato Constantino, form part of the Filipiniana Reprint Series published by Cacho Hermanos.
"It is to be expected that American author Vic Hurley would regard Muslim leaders and resistance groups as bandits and terrorists. But if we read his graphic accounts of Muslim resistance from the people's point of view, we will see these battles for what they really were -- a determined heroic defense by the Muslim of the integrity of their societies.
"And despite the colonialist bias, there is in the author's accounts a grudging acknowledgement of the fighting prowess of the Filipino Muslims."
-- Renato Constantino, 1985
Due to the many requests for copies of the reprinted book which, ironically, have become as rare as the original, Bakbakan International has undertaken to publish the complete manuscript on the Internet so that we may be able to share with many this priceless record of our history. Because of the length of the book and our limited resources,it will be published in stages, complete and unabridged, by chapters within each section.
Reynaldo S. Galang
International Director
Bakbakan International
September 1997
The kris may be of any length and two
or three inches wide. All of the knives,
no matter what shape, are encased in
wooden scabbards, and have a keenness
of edge equaling that of a Damascus blade."
Major O. J. Sweet
22nd Infantry
U.S. Army
Original publication © 1936 E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Filipiniana Reprint Series © 1985 Cacho Hermanos, Inc.
This publication (HTML format & original artwork) © 1997 Bakbakan International