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Fighting from a distance

Fuentecilla, Jose V.

Fighting from a distance how Filipino exiles helped topple a dictator / [electronic resource] : Jose V. Fuentecilla. - Urbana, Chicago and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xi, 162 pages :) illustrations, map ; - The Asian American Experience .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-139) and index.

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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Marcos, Ferdinand E. 1917-1989.


Movement for a Free Philippines (Organization)


Exiles--Political activity--United States.
Filipinos--History.--United States


United States--Foreign relations--Philippines
Philippines--Foreign relations--United States.
Philippines--Politics and government--1973-1996.


Electronic books.

DS686.5 / .F84 2013

959.904/6