Download or read book Magsaysay written by Manuel Festin Martinez and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying video CD "is the first part of a film series about the late Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay"--Disc jacket.

Download or read book Magsaysay of the Philippines written by Carlos Quirino and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book THE MAGSAYSAY STORY written by Carlos Peña Romulo and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Illusions of Influence written by Nick Cullather and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the inner workings of the "special relationship" of the United States and the Philippines, this book challenges the accepted view that portrays the relationship as one of colonial domination and exploitation, with the United States controlling the Philippines for economic and geopolitical gain. Using Philippine sources released since the 1986 revolution and recently declassified U.S. records, the author finds instead a complex structure that allowed both nations to attain their most cherished goals while sacrificing interests of lesser importance. The United States obtained a military base complex it considered essential for the projection of American power in Asia. In return, the Philippines received a favored position in the American market and billions of dollars in economic and military aid. The Philippine elite manipulated the relationship and their nation's economy, creating a "crony capitalist" system that protected a traditional social order from the demands of a restive peasantry and an emerging Filipino-Chinese middle class. Though U.S. policy made crony capitalism possible, it could also threaten it, and Filipinos learned how to steer U.S. policy along lines advantageous to themselves by resorting to nonconfrontational resistance - thwarting development plans, harassing American businesses, diverting aid, restricting trade, and making military bases the target of nationalist attacks. The author rejects the myth that U.S. policy supported economic exploitation, finding instead that American business interests were docile bystanders sacrificed to U.S strategic imperatives. But American policymakers tolerated the manipulations that allowed Filipino oligarchs to plunder the economy and reinforce their political and economic dominance. The book thus forces us to rethink conventional assumptions about dependent relationships, and shows that generalizations about client states need to be qualified by considerations of culture and political economy.

Download or read book America s Dirty Wars written by Russell Crandall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the long, complex experience of American involvement in irregular warfare. It begins with the American Revolution in 1776 and chronicles big and small irregular wars for the next two and a half centuries. What is readily apparent in dirty wars is that failure is painfully tangible while success is often amorphous. Successfully fighting these wars often entails striking a critical balance between military victory and politics. America's status as a democracy only serves to make fighting - and, to a greater degree, winning - these irregular wars even harder. Rather than futilely insisting that Americans should not or cannot fight this kind of irregular war, Russell Crandall argues that we would be better served by considering how we can do so as cleanly and effectively as possible.

Download or read book The Huk Rebellion written by Benedict J. Kerkvliet and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2002-03-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly available with an updated bibliographic essay, this highly acclaimed work explores the Huk rebellion, a momentous peasant revolt in the Philippines. Unlike prevailing top-down analysis, Kerkvliet seeks to understand the movement from the point of view of its participants and sympathizers. He argues that seeing a peasant revolt through the eyes of those who rebelled explains and clarifies the actions of people who otherwise might appear irrational. Drawing on a rich array of documents and in-depth interviews with peasants and rebel leaders, the author provides definitive answers to the causes of the rebellion, the goals of the rebels, and the process of resistance.

Download or read book Filipinos at War written by Carlos Quirino and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Modern Principalia written by Dante C. Simbulan and published by UP Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Modern Principalia is about the Philippine ruling elite--who they are and how they evolved in history. It delves into their economic interests as well as their lifestyles, how they acquired their wealth and built a world of their own. It describes their family links and their interlocking interests with other elites and foreign partners. The book also examines the values and behavior of the elite in politics and government, how they exploit the poverty and ignorance of the masses to win political power, and what they do with that power.

Download or read book State and Society in the Philippines written by Patricio N. Abinales and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clear and nuanced introduction explores the Philippines’ ongoing and deeply charged dilemma of state-society relations through a historical treatment of state formation and the corresponding conflicts and collaboration between government leaders and social forces. Patricio N. Abinales and Donna J. Amoroso examine the long history of institutional weakness in the Philippines and the varied strategies the state has employed to overcome its structural fragility and strengthen its bond with society. The authors argue that this process reflects the country’s recurring dilemma: on the one hand is the state’s persistent inability to provide essential services, guarantee peace and order, and foster economic development; on the other is the Filipinos’ equally enduring suspicions of a strong state. To many citizens, this powerfully evokes the repression of the 1970s and the 1980s that polarized society and cost thousands of lives in repression and resistance and billions of dollars in corruption, setting the nation back years in economic development and profoundly undermining trust in government. The book’s historical sweep starts with the polities of the pre-colonial era and continues through the first year of Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial presidency.

Download or read book Anita Magsaysay Ho written by Alfredo R. Roces and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dynamics of the Cold War in Asia written by T. Vu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the neglected cultural front of the Cold War in Asia to explore the mindsets of Asian actors and untangle the complex cultural alliances that undergirded the security blocs on this continent.

Download or read book Dead Season written by Alan Berlow and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gripping investigation of a savage murder on the Philippine island of Negros illuminates the tangled and violent interplay of colonialism's legacy. As Alan Berlow investigates the murder, he discovers the ultimate cause imbedded in the history and culture of a society locked into cycles of violent conflict behind a facade of democratic government.

Download or read book Born of the People written by Luis Taruc and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1973 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rhetorics of Sin written by Mary Jannette L. Pinzon and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Faith in the Filipino written by Raul Manglapus and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD In 1939, Raul S. Manglapus delivered an oration at an inter-university oratorical contest entitled "Land Of Bondage, Land Of The Free." President Manuel L. Quezon, who was present as the guest of honor, was deeply impressed by it. The oration has now become a classic. Manglapus indicted a system which kept the tao in political and economic bondage in spite of constitutional assurances of liberty. In his peroration, he foretold an aimed peasant revolution if the causes of discontent which he had enumerated were, not promptly removed. The causes were not removed. Six years later his prophecy came true. The peasant struck in Central Luzon. The tragedy was compounded by the fact that the Communist Party succeeded in seizing the leadership of the revolution. To quell the uprising, Ramon Magsaysay put new spirit in the Philippine Army. To prevent a recurrence, he began his own revolution. Twelve years after Manglapus had delivered his indictment and made his prophecy, Magsaysay began to remove the causes of discontent and to dignify the citizen in the barrio. Responding to the need of the hour, his revolution succeeded in turning the eyes of the people away from Mount Arayat and back to Malacanang. Malacanang was returned to the people and the people rejoiced. Yet, raising the hopes of the people and concentrating these hopes on his leadership was not to be the final destiny of the Magsaysay Revolution. He realized that perpetuating such a situation within the framework of an over-centralized government would merely mean that the faith of the citizen would be revived only to be smothered to death by a demoralizing dependence on an officious central government. Thus Magsaysay sought, after turning the hopes of the citizen back to Malacanang, to turn it to the citizen's own self. Before his tragic death, he initiated a program which would mean the ripening of his revolution. The barrio citizens were at last to be given a just measure of self-government, the opportunity to develop their communities by their own effort and to permit their historical self-reliance to contribute its share to national development. In political terms, this meant decentralization of government. In the economic field, this meant complete confidence in private initiative with government incentives. In sum, all this meant a revival of the Faith of the Filipino in himself. He did not live to see the ripening. But a persistent group, the famous "young men" whom he had gathered around him to give vigor, vision and drive to his administration, today continue to fight for its realization. Raul S. Manglapus, one of those men, is today perhaps the most articulate, logical and effective exponent of decentralization and private initiative in the Philippines. What follows is a collection of his speeches from 1959 up to the present. To give the reader the fullest understanding of Mr. Manglapus' political thinking, the short talks given in Berlin and New Delhi, his statements, and other public papers in the same period have been added. Included also is the article written upon the invitation of the editors of Foreign Affairs magazine which is reprinted here by special permission of its publislters, the Council On Foreign Relations Inc. New York. This book is a sequel to Mr. Manglapus' first collection of speeches, "Freedom, Nationhood, and Culture" Published in 1959. His famous 1939 oration "Land of Bondage, Land of the Free" is also included as an appendix to complete the inspiring story of "Faith in the Filipino - The Ripening Revolution." + + + + + + ABOUT THE AUTHOR Raul Manglapus y Sevilla is known for many things. At the age of 38 he was the youngest Filipino ever to hold the Office of Socretary of Foreign Affairs. At 35 he already held under the Magsaysay administration the very sensitive end demanding office of Foreign Affairs Under-secretary. Since then, even as a private citizen, he has been Invited by the governments of (See inside bo

Download or read book In Our Image written by Stanley Karnow and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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