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IN SEPTEMBER 1972 FERDINAND MARCOS DECLARED MARTIAL LAW, PLUNGING THE PHILIPPINES INTO 14 YEARS OF A BRUTAL DICTATORSHIP THAT ONLY ENDED WHEN HE WAS CHASED OUT OF THE COUNTRY. ** TH HALLMARK OF HIS DICTATORSHIP WAS THE SYSTEMATIC US OF TERROR, TORTURE AND MURDER. THOUSANDS WERE KILLED, TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE SUFFERED TORMENTS IN "TACTICAL INTERROGATION" SESSIONS CONDUCTED BY THE MILITARY, PARTICULARLY THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY. ** IN THIS BRIEF ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, JOURNALIST AND BLOGGER RAISSA ROBLES RECOUNTS MARTIAL LAW'S GRISLY RECORD OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, CLEARLY ESTABLISHING THAT TORTURE WAS A DELIBERATE OLICY OF DICTATOR MARCOS. SHE CONTEXTS THIS AGAINST A BACKDROP OF HISTORICAL EVENTS AND EXPLAINS WHY AND HOW MARCOS GRABBED POWER UNDER THE GUISE OF FIGHTING A COMMUNIST THREAT. ** PUBLISHED ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEOPLE POWER UPRISING THAT OVERTHREW MARCO, THE BOOK WAS EDITED BY AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST AND FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT ALAN ROBLES. ** USING BOOKS, DOCUMENTS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS, THE AUTHOR TRACES THE COURSE OF THE NEW SOCIETY, IDENTIFIES ITS KEY PLAYERS AND SHOWS HOW MARCOS USED MILITARY RULE TO KEEP HIMSELF IN POWER AND PERPETUATE A REGIME FOCUSED O

Author

Raissa Robles; Alan Robles, editor

Publisher

Quezon City: Published and exclusively distributed by Filipinos for A Better Philippines, Inc.

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9786219544313

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities

Rating

4.03 / 5 (31 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13