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Debunked : uncovering hard truths about EDSA martial law Marcos Aquino with a special section on the Duterte presidency selected essays

Publisher: Akropolis Publishing,


Title Details
  • Debunked :
Publishers
  • [Manila] :Akropolis Publishing,c2018
Descriptions
  • xx, 433 pages ;24 cm
Isbn
    9786219604703
Language
    In English.
Subjects
  • Presidents -- Philippines.
  • Martial law -- Philippines.
  • Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1973-1986.
  • Philippines -- History -- Revolution, 1986.
  • Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1986-
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Place
  • Philippines
  • Philippines
  • Philippines
Location MAIN
Item Call Number DS 686.5 T54 2018
Status Available
Barcode 18694
Library Of Congress Control Number
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9786219604703
Authentication Code
  • Authentication code - pcc
Geographic Area Code
  • Geographic area code - a-ph---
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - DS 686.5
  • Item number - T54 2018
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Tiglao, Rigoberto,
  • Relator term - author.
Title Statement
  • Title - Debunked :
  • Remainder of title - uncovering hard truths about EDSA, martial law, Marcos, Aquino, with a special section on the Duterte presidency : selected essays /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Rigoberto D. Tiglao, columnist, the Manila Times.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Manila] :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Akropolis Publishing,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2018
Physical Description
  • Extent - xx, 433 pages ;
  • Dimensions - 24 cm
Content Type
  • Content type term - text
Media Type
  • Media type term - unmediated
Carrier Type
  • Carrier type term - volume
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - The EDSA revolt. How the US maneuvered to put Cory in power -- Hidden facts about EDSA -- Why celebrate a divisive event? -- China's failed "EDSA 1" -- Did People Power matter? -- Benigno Simeon Aquino Aquino. Hero or political opportunist and US pawn? -- Ninoy's fatal miscalculation -- He believed martial law was necessary -- Son didn't care to bring killers to justice -- The Jabidah hoax. Jabidah : the Yellows' first big fake news -- Clearest indications of a hoax -- Aquino leaked Marcos' Sabah plan -- Behind the fakery : warlord versus warlord -- Ferdinand Edralin Marcos. A brief history of Martial law -- The elite and the military supported Marcos -- Liberal and Communist parties provoked martial law -- Helped by communists, oligarchs demonized Marcos -- Martial law history is the propaganda of the victors -- Days of shame : August 21--1971 and 1983 -- The truth behind the human rights abuses -- Inside the Marcos prisons : a personal story -- It is Ramos who should apologize over the 'abuses' -- Virata and technocrats ran the Marcos economy -- Why didn't dictatorship work for us? -- The Communist insurgency. Our elites let the last Maoists on earth flourish -- CPP-NPA's botched plan to ignite a civil war -- Dark secrets of the Communist Party -- The bankruptcy of Sison's Communist Party -- Reds' demands will cause economic collapse -- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. GMA years : lost, or a very good decade? -- Arroyo, farmers victorious over Aquino hacienda -- Massacre suspect is sole witness against Arroyo -- A preposterous plunder case -- The Corona impeachment. Aquino's attack on the Judiciary -- Impeachment was about Hacienda Luisita -- Colossal deception on Corona's accounts -- Impeachment charges collapse -- Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino. The worst President ever -- The Cojuangcos wanted P10B for Hacienda Luisita -- Commuters suffer daily due to the MRT-3 graft -- He axed key flood control project -- Fake anti-graft campaign -- He never bought or sold a Porsche -- The Yolanda fiasco -- Did he coddle and protect drug lords? -- Smuggling out of control -- The Pork Barrel Regime -- DAP : the biggest hijacking of state funds ever -- The P3.5 billion Dengvaxia deal -- Such a shameless, sociopathic liar -- Aquino and the Yellows' abomination -- A morality tale -- The Mamasapano massacre. The worst crime ever -- Americans cared more about saving SAF than Aquino -- Did Smart have the smoking gun? -- Territorial dispute. We owe Marcos our Spratly territories -- Aquino and del Rosario lost us Panatag -- Foreign Secretary admits he was hoodwinked into giving up Panatag -- They hid the loss of Panatag to China from the nation -- The correct South China Sea policy -- Aquino, Del Rosario begged US to use its military in Panatag stand-off -- Suit vs China a US machination -- Nationalism. One major factor for Asian Tigers' growth -- Reviving economic nationalism -- Death, nationalism, China -- Independence : to be 'run like hell by Filipinos'? -- When will we have 'Philippines First'? -- Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Dogmas Duterte demolished -- Iconoclastic President -- At last, with Duterte, we're no longer the US lackey in Asia -- Even with EJK allegations, massive support for the war vs drugs -- Five leadership lessons -- Duterte's anti-Church stance : it's about time -- Oops, his critics are portraying him as the new Rizal -- Duterte shows political will in taking on Boracay's elite -- How the Yellows demonize Duterte on the world stage -- Downside of 'globalization' : brain and brawn drain -- What explains his popularity : bravery -- Strong republic. All Asian tigers and tiger cubs grew under strongman rule -- A Strong Republic essential to our development -- Media. Rappler spread lies to the world -- A classic instance of Western media spin -- US media on an all-out campaign vs Duterte -- Pulitzer Prize-winning piece peddled fake news -- Press crucial to nation-building -- Western press fooled the European Parliament -- Harsh realities. Born into a class, you'll die in that class -- How they fool people through polls -- Rizal, Bonifacio, and the 'masa' myth -- The party-list system : a mockery of democracy -- The three worlds of Philippine society
Language Note
  • Language note - In English.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Presidents
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Martial law
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
Subject Geographic Name
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Politics and government
  • Chronological subdivision - 1973-1986.
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - History
  • Chronological subdivision - Revolution, 1986.
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Politics and government
  • Chronological subdivision - 1986-