TY - BOOK AU - Fuentecilla,Jose V. ED - Project Muse. TI - Fighting from a distance: how Filipino exiles helped topple a dictator T2 - The Asian American Experience SN - 9780252095092 AV - DS686.5 .F84 2013 U1 - 959.904/6 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Urbana, Chicago and Springfield PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Marcos, Ferdinand E. KW - Movement for a Free Philippines (Organization) KW - Exiles KW - Political activity KW - United States KW - Filipinos KW - History KW - Foreign relations KW - Philippines KW - Politics and government KW - 1973-1996 KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780252095092/ ER -