Fighting from a Distance : How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator /
During February 1986, a grassroots revolution overthrew the fourteen-year dictatorship of former president Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. In this book, the author describes how Filipino exiles and immigrants in the United States played a crucial role in this victory, acting as the overseas arm...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana, Chicago and Springfield :
University of Illinois Press,
[2013]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | During February 1986, a grassroots revolution overthrew the fourteen-year dictatorship of former president Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. In this book, the author describes how Filipino exiles and immigrants in the United States played a crucial role in this victory, acting as the overseas arm of the opposition to help return their country to democracy. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (184 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780252095092 |