Chapter 1 The Sword and the Cross: Spanish Foundations of U.S. Colonialism Chapter 2 Conquest and Coercion: Early U.S. Colonialism, 1899-1916 Chapter 3 Colonialism Amid Crises: The Road to Independent Democracy, 1917-1946 Chapter 4 The Transition to "One-Man Democracy," 1946-1972 Chapter 5 "Salvaging" Democracy: The Impact of Authoritarian Rule, 1972-1983 Chapter 6 People Power: The Transition from Marcos to Aquino, 1983-1986 Chapter 7 The Contested State: Transnational Sources of Regime Change
Amy Blitz is director of media development for entrepreneurial studies at Harvard Business School.
The Contested State is the best kind of history book: lucidly
written, reads like a thriller, full of surprising (and shocking)
revelations about a little-known side of American foreign policy. A
real page-turner.
*James Burke, author of The Day the Universe Changed*
A comprehensive historical survey of the Filipinos' struggle to
obtain and assert their independence amidst external pressures from
Spain and later from the United States.
*Pilipinas*
Amy Blitz has done a masterful job of reconstructing nearly a
century of struggle by Filipinos to gain independence and build
democratic political institutions. Placing its narrative in the
historical context of Spanish and American colonial rule, The
Contested State presents a gripping and well-documented account of
U.S. policy-making during the Reagan administration as officials
and congressmen sought to encourage the 'people power' revolution
of Cory Aquino that finally consolidated democracy. This is a
readable work for both policy makers and academics who would
understand the dramatic striving for self-rule of America's only
colony.
*Richard H. Solomon, former U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines and
president of the United States Institute of Peace*
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