Fighting from a distance [electronic resource] : how Filipino exiles helped topple a dictator / Jose V. Fuentecilla.
Material type: TextSeries: The Asian American ExperiencePublication details: Urbana, Chicago and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xi, 162 pages :) illustrations, mapISBN:- 9780252095092
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Philippines
- Philippines -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1973-1996
- Movement for a Free Philippines (Organization)
- Exiles -- Political activity -- United States
- Filipinos -- United States -- History
- Marcos, Ferdinand E. (Ferdinand Edralin), 1917-1989
- 959.904/6 23
- DS686.5 .F84 2013
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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