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Fighting from a distance [[electronic resource] ] : how Filipino exiles helped topple a dictator / / Jose V. Fuentecilla



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Autore: Fuentecilla Jose V Visualizza persona
Titolo: Fighting from a distance [[electronic resource] ] : how Filipino exiles helped topple a dictator / / Jose V. Fuentecilla Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
Disciplina: 959.904/6
Soggetto topico: Filipinos - United States - History
Exiles - Political activity - United States
Soggetto geografico: Philippines Politics and government 1973-1996
Philippines Foreign relations United States
United States Foreign relations Philippines
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Fighting from a distance  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-299-48325-9
0-252-09509-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910452993103321
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Serie: Asian American Experience