Inside the Philippine Revolution: The New People's Army and Its Struggle for Power
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Author(s)William Chapman
PublisherIB Tauris
ISBN / ASIN1850431140
ISBN-139781850431145
Sales Rank2,167,774
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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The Aquino assassination and the Marcoses' fall drew hundreds of journalists to Manila to file stories absurb and serious, from Mrs. Marcos's shoes to Mrs. Aquino's election. But the greater story--of the widespread unrest that now threatens the stability of the Aquino government--can only found outside Manila. For in desperately poor faming villages and port towns throughout the country, the communist New People's Army is gaining strength in its relentless effort to seize power in the Philippines