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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fuentecilla, Jose V. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana, Chicago and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a The first exiles : escaping from the homeland -- Rough landings : surviving the first years -- Into the land of the fearful : dread and apathy -- The big divide : differences hindering unity -- Martial law and beyond : how the dictator usurped power -- Early organizing : conflicting opposition groups -- Learning how to lobby : how the United States fought the exiles -- Down with rhetoric! : turning to radical means -- The war of words : winning hearts and minds -- Reviving the opposition : arrival of an exile hero -- Reviewing the decade : adding up the losses and wins -- "It's not all Greek to me" : bringing the fight to the homeland -- A man for many seasons : the leader who led the movement. 
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