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Trustee of the nation : the biography of Fidel V. Ramos / W. Scott Thompson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manila, Philippines : Anvil Publications, c2011Description: xxiii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789712726330
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 686.614 .T46 2011
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Filipiniana Special Collection FIL DS 686.614 .T46 2011 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000007374

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.

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