Trustee of the nation : the biography of Fidel V. Ramos /
Thompson, W. Scott.
Trustee of the nation : the biography of Fidel V. Ramos / W. Scott Thompson - Manila, Philippines : Anvil Publications, c2011 - xxiii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Trustee of a nation -- Part II. The Presidency -- Part III. Assessment : The Ramos presidency -- Part IV. A full post-presidential life -- Part V. Englishmen, Frenchmen and Spaniards
Fidel V. Ramos is one of the most accomplished Asian leaders of the past generation. To him more than to any other, goes the credit for restoring democracy to the Philippines and inspiring a host of other countries to follow suit. With characteristic transparency, he opened his personal, professional, military and presidential papers to an American scholar, who if only from the remarkable access he - Scott Thompson - was given, has produced the first truly comprehensive biography of an Asian president. It is readable and remarkable throughout.
9789712726330
RAMOS, FIDEL V, -- 1928- PRESIDENTS -- PHILIPPINES -- BIOGRAPHY
DS 686.614 .T46 2011
Trustee of the nation : the biography of Fidel V. Ramos / W. Scott Thompson - Manila, Philippines : Anvil Publications, c2011 - xxiii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Trustee of a nation -- Part II. The Presidency -- Part III. Assessment : The Ramos presidency -- Part IV. A full post-presidential life -- Part V. Englishmen, Frenchmen and Spaniards
Fidel V. Ramos is one of the most accomplished Asian leaders of the past generation. To him more than to any other, goes the credit for restoring democracy to the Philippines and inspiring a host of other countries to follow suit. With characteristic transparency, he opened his personal, professional, military and presidential papers to an American scholar, who if only from the remarkable access he - Scott Thompson - was given, has produced the first truly comprehensive biography of an Asian president. It is readable and remarkable throughout.
9789712726330
RAMOS, FIDEL V, -- 1928- PRESIDENTS -- PHILIPPINES -- BIOGRAPHY
DS 686.614 .T46 2011