Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conquest by cross and sword -- Political awakening -- The Aguinaldo family -- Aguinaldo's birth, childhood and schooling -- The Cavite mutiny -- Filipino propagandists -- Aguinaldo enters public life -- Reforms instituted -- Aguinaldo : Mayor by day, Katipunero by night -- Revolution begins -- Aguinaldo begins revolution in Cavite -- Rizal's martydom -- The Bonifacio-Aguinaldo episode -- The Biaknabato government -- The Biaknabato pact -- Aguinaldo and other leaders are exiled to Hongkong -- The Spanish-American war -- Aguinaldo renews war vs. Spain -- Philippine independence proclaimed -- Success of revolutionists -- Manila surrenders -- The Malolos congress -- Philippines republic proclaimed -- The Malolos Constitution -- Appraisal of Spanish rule -- The Treaty of Paris -- Filipino American war begins -- Luna's tragic death -- Aguinaldo's capture -- Del Pilar's death at Tirad Pass -- The Schurman and Taft commissions -- Filipino heroes deported -- War statistics -- American Pacification measures -- Local government -- The Judiciary -- The Civil regime -- The Federal party -- Other political parties -- Aguinaldo during World War II -- Japanese occupation of Manila -- The Executive commission -- The Fall of Bataan and Corregidor -- The Japanese sponsored Philippine republic -- The Allied counter offensive -- The Liberation of the Philippines -- Japan surrenders -- The Return of the Commonweatlh -- The Philippine republic is reborn -- Aguinaldo marches on parade -- Problems of the New Republic -- R. P. -- U.S. Relations -- Relation with other countries -- The Philippin presidents from Roxas to Macapagal -- Events under each president -- Change of independence celebration from July 4 to June 12 -- Women in Aguinaldo's life -- The Death of Aguinaldo -- The Diplomacy of Aguinaldo government -- During the revolution -- The Hongkong Junta -- During the Filipino-American war -- Agoncillo in Washington -- Agoncillo in Paris -- Aguinaldo's proposals in Washington after the Paris treaty -- Aguinaldo's place in history

This is the case with General Emilio Aguinaldo who survived the dramatic events which catapulated him to world fame by more than half a century.