The Last American Colony

by Anthony R. Mills

Centered around the activities of the U.S.N.S. Spice, a United States Navy supply vessel and its crew members, Subic Bay steers readers through the wanning years of an historic American era covering the period from the early 1980's through the Desert Storm conflict in 1990 until the installation shut down in 1991. When the Spice is deployed in the Persian Gulf during Desert Sheild/Desert Storm, Subic Bay's focus shifts to the effects of war on the men and women aboard the ship as well as those they left behind, and the effect on the economy of the city of Olongapo.Subic Bay is an intimate look at the Philippines as well as the shores of the Middle East. It offers an historic yet very personal glimpse into a significant time and place in America's past. All will come away with a storied sense of history as told by an astute and insightful observer.

339 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1999