Ferdinand Marcos And The Philippines

Examines the life of the Philippine political leader whose presidency was viewed by some as a dictatorship.

During February 1986, a grassroots revolution overthrew the fourteen-year dictatorship of former president Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. In this book, Jose V. Fuentecilla 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. A member of one of the major U.S.-based anti-Marcos movements, Fuentecilla tells the story of how small groups of Filipino exiles--short on resources and shunned by some of their compatriots--arrived and survived in the United States during the 1970s, overcame fear, apathy, and personal differences to form opposition organizations after Marcos's imposition of martial law, and learned to lobby the U.S. government during the Cold War. In the process, he draws from multiple hours of interviews with the principal activists, personal files of resistance leaders, and U.S. government records revealing the surveillance of the resistance by pro-Marcos White House administrations. The first full-length book to detail the history of U.S.-based opposition to the Marcos regime, Fighting from a Distance provides valuable lessons on how to persevere against a well-entrenched opponent.

Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos in the Phillippines.

This document is the second 'State of the Nation' Address to the nation of Philippines by Ferdinand Marcos, delivered at the opening of the 2nd Regular Session of the 6th Congress. It was read out on January 23, 1967, at the Legislative Building, Manila. Ferdinand Emmanuel Marcos Sr. was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. Coming at the early part of his rule, it covers the themes such as social security reform, interventions to restore economic growth, regional politics and military action, among others.