Fighting from a distance : how Filipino exiles helped topple a dictator /
Jose V. Fuentecilla.
- Urbana, Chicago and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource.
- Asian American Experience .
Includes bibliographies 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.
During February 1986, a grassroots revolution overthrew the fourteen-year dictatorship of former president Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. In this book, the author 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.
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Movement for a Free Philippines (Organization)
Filipinos--History.--United States Exiles--Political activity--United States.