TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seagrave,Sterling
TI  - The marcos dynasty
SN  - 0449904563
U1  - 959.9046 S438M 1990 
PY  - 1990///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Ballantine Books
KW  - Marcos, Imelda Romualdez, -- 1929-
KW  - Philippines -- History -- 1946-1986
KW  - Marcos, Ferdinand E. -- (Ferdinand Edralin), -- 1917-
N2  - The author reveals why the Marcos saga ranks with Watergate as one of the great scandals of recent times. He describes how, under the Marcoses, Manila became an international hub for money-laundering, narcotics traffic, gambling, white slavery and child prostitution. He shows how the spectre of a communist take-over in the Philippines was used to maintain a dictator who served the ends of American businessmen, gangsters and politicians. The author goes into the background of Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos - Imelda's poverty-stricken childhood, which shaped her lust for unbridled wealth, and her husband's ruthlessness as he rose to political prominence, which led to him murdering his father's arch rival
ER  -