For those #SFBayArea folks who may be interested, I will be talking about and reading from my new book, #MoroWarrior, at the San Francisco Public Library this coming Saturday at 2PM. Details below.
https://sfpl.org/events/2023/01/21/author-thomas-mckenna-moro-warrior
#Books #History #WW2 #Philippines #Anthropology #Events #Bookstodon #Library #SanFrancisco
Eighty-one years ago this month, Moro (Philippine Muslim) volunteers in an American army turned back a Japanese invasion force assaulting the southern #Philippines. Remarkably, their only weapons were swords because their American commanders refused to issue them scarce firearms. When the Americans surrendered months later, the Moro kept fighting. #MoroWarrior is the untold story of their amazing exploits.
Podcast:
https://shows.acast.com/the-world-wars/episodes/ww2-the-moro-warriors
The unlikely story of one of the most remarkable WW2 resistance movements.
I'm an anthropologist, writer, and the author of #MoroWarrior.
Former Associate Professor of #Anthropology (with tenure) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Left in 2001 to return to my homeland in the #SanFrancisco Bay Area. (Yes, I knew what I was giving up). Joined a Dot.Org research outfit in time to chronicle the rise of Google, Apple, Netflix, Twitter, you name it, for international organizations. Now happily back with my first love—anthropology.
Thomas McKenna