Fighting from a Distance: How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator

Contents

Contents Preface vii Chapter 1. The First Exiles: Escaping from the Homeland 1 Chapter 2. Rough Landings: Surviving the First Years 9 Chapter 3. Into the Land of the Fearful: Dread and Apathy 14 Chapter 4. The Big Divide: Differences Hindering Unity 21 Chapter 5. Martial Law and Beyond: How the Dictator Usurped Power 27 Chapter 6. Early Organizing: Conflicting Opposition Groups 32 Chapter 7. Learning How to Lobby: How the United States Fought the Exiles 44 Chapter 8. Down with Rhetoric! Turning to Radical Means 54 Chapter 9. The War of Words: Winning Hearts and Minds 66 Chapter 10. Reviving the Opposition: Arrival of an Exile Hero 75 Chapter 11. Reviewing the Decade: Adding Up the Losses and Wins 87 Chapter 12. “It’s Not All Greek to Me”: Bringing the Fight to the Homeland 91 Chapter 13. A Man for Many Seasons: The Leader Who Led the Movement 101 Epilogue 111 Notes 119 Bibliography 135 Acknowledgments 141 Appendixes A. Movement for a Free Philippines Chapters and Chairpersons 143 B. Report on a Successful Demonstration 147 C. Chronology of Events 150 Index 155 Illustrations follow page 74 ...