{"product_id":"reinventing-marcos-from-dictator-to-hero-paperback","title":"Reinventing Marcos: From Dictator to Hero - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeith Dalton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarcos died a dictator. But today, on social media, Marcos is a hero.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresident Ferdinand E. Marcos held power for 21 years and lost power in four days. What happened and why is recounted in this memoir by Keith Dalton, a decade-long former foreign correspondent in the Philippines. He writes of a ruthless and repressive dictatorship - responsible for more than 100,000 deaths, imprisonments, torture, and 'disappearances'. Through despotism, nepotism, and corruption, Marcos built an empire of greed until he was overthrown in a People Power revolution in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades after his death, Marcos has been 'reinvented' - mythologised and propagandised - by social media disinformation which claims it was a 'golden' age and Marcos was the nation's best-ever president. This false legacy helped Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. win the presidency in 2022. Dalton remembers an autocrat and a 'bloody' age when Marcos politically gutted and economically plundered the nation. Reinventing Marcos is his account of the 10 years he was there. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44805599723622,"sku":"9781764020954","price":30.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/0zyd_pFgwk9781764020954.webp?v=1771433604","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/reinventing-marcos-from-dictator-to-hero-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}