How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

Daniel Immerwahr (b. 1980) is an American historian specializing in American history, the history of empire, and intellectual history. He is the Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University.

Immerwahr studied at Columbia University, King’s College at Cambridge University, and the University of California, Berkeley, earning a doctorate (2011) in history. His books are Thinking Small (2015) and the bestselling How to Hide an Empire (2019). The latter earned the Robert H. Ferrell Prize, was one of the New York Times’ top books of the year, and was a finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize. Immerwahr writes for multiple publications, including The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, and The Guardian.

Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964) was a Filipino politician and President of the Philippines. Aguinaldo is best known for fighting against Spain, and then against the US after the Spanish-American War (1898), for the independence of the Philippines.

Aguinaldo was part Chinese and part Tagalog. He was born on the Luzon Island of the Philippines. He became mayor of Cavite Viejo (Kawit) in 1896. He also fought against Spanish control of the Philippines as a member of the Katipunan organization. Filipinos declared independence in 1898 with Aguinaldo hoping to lead the country.