Velasco, Melandrew T.

Silver linings : 25 years of the 1986 EDSA people power revolution / Melandrew T. Velasco, Rafael M. Alunan III and Reynaldo V. Velasco - Makati City, Philippines : The Ramos Peace and Development Foundation, Inc., c2012 - 479 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. War among fellow Filipinos : prelude to EDSA 1 -- 2. A few good men rise to the rescue : the last straw before the EDSA revolt -- 3. Leading the bloodless battle of the Filipino people : The 1986 EDSA revolution -- 4. The Cory Aquino presidency and the nine coup attempts -- 5. Empowering the country by empowering the people : The Ramos presidency -- 6. The Downward spiral and EDSA dos : The Estrada years (1998 - 2001) -- 7. The Arroyo presidency : a scandal-fraught regime -- 8. The Rise of the third Aquino : "EDSA 3" and the future of the Philippines

This book recounts the heroic military defection of the Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Armed Forces Vice Chief of Staff Fidel V. Ramos, along with the Special Action Force (SAF) which Ramos has co-founded with Gen. Renato S. de Villa. It was the beginning of a journey to be long remembered.

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PHILIPPINES -- HISTORY -- REVOLUTION, 1986

DS 686.7 .V45 2012