Capturing Aguinaldo: The Daring Raid to Seize the Philippine President at the Dawn of the AmeThe "American century" began with the Spanish American War which saw the United States seize not only Cuba, but also the Philippines, in its bid for world power. Before the ink on the treaty with Spain had dried, the war in the Philippines turned into a violent rebellion whose tide didn't turn until U. S. forces captured Filipino president and rebel Emilio Aguinaldo. In an elaborate ruse in 1901, U. S. Army legend Frederick "Fighting Fred" Funston