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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2008. An early, first-hand account of the Moros, the fierce Islamic warriors of the islands of Mindanao, Sulu, Jolo and other territories in the southern Philippines. The Moros, long renowned as the 'Malay Pirates', waged a highly effective 377 year war against the Spanish, as well as a host of other would-be subjugators, including the British, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Dutch among others -- all of whom suffered slaughter and ignominious defeat. The Moros accomplished this armed only with their legendary bravery and their kris -- a weapon of both practical and magic dimensions. The American occupiers who replaced the Spanish at the end of the 19th century, equipped as they were with modern rifles, managed to wrestle the Moros to an uneasy truce; however, the same people are still an immense headache to the Filipinos and their American 'advisors' to the present day. The author, who lived and worked some seven years among the Moros, provides the reader…
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Swish of the Kris: The Story of the Moros Paperback - 2009
by Vic Hurley
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- Title Swish of the Kris: The Story of the Moros
- Author Vic Hurley
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 301
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Orchid Press
- Date 2009-08
- ISBN 9789745241152 / 9745241156
- Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 9.16 x 4.8 x 0.75 in (23.27 x 12.19 x 1.91 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 959.97
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