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008			141031s1990 xxu eng d
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040			_cPK-IsLIS
082			_a959.9046 S438M 1990
100	1		_aSeagrave, Sterling.
245	1	4	_aThe marcos dynasty / _cSterling Seagrave.
260			_aNew York : _bBallantine Books, _c1990.
300			_avi, 487 p. : _cill. ;
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aMarcos, Imelda Romualdez, -- 1929-
650		0	_aPhilippines -- History -- 1946-1986.
650		0	_aMarcos, Ferdinand E. -- (Ferdinand Edralin), -- 1917-
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