Waltzing with a Dictator: The Marcoses and the Making of American Policy

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"Waltzing with a Dictator: The Marcoses and the Making of American Policy" is a nonfiction book that critically examines the close relationship between the United States government and Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos during his rule.

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instanceOf history book ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
political book ⓘ
about Cold War geopolitics in Southeast Asia ⓘ
U.S. support for Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ
corruption in the Marcos regime ⓘ
human rights abuses under Marcos ⓘ
role of U.S. presidents in Philippine policy ⓘ
addresses ethical implications of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
relationship between human rights and security policy ⓘ
author Raymond Bonner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques United States government policy toward the Marcos regime ⓘ
discusses U.S. military bases in the Philippines ⓘ
U.S. strategic interests in Southeast Asia ⓘ
impact of U.S. policy on Philippine democracy ⓘ
examines close relationship between the Marcoses and U.S. officials ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod Ferdinand Marcos presidency ⓘ
Martial law era in the Philippines ⓘ
genre investigative journalism ⓘ
political history ⓘ
hasSubject Philippine dictatorship ⓘ
U.S. diplomatic decision-making ⓘ
foreign aid and military assistance ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ
Imelda Marcos ⓘ
Philippines–United States relations ⓘ
United States foreign policy ⓘ
authoritarianism in the Philippines ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
nonfictionType contemporary history ⓘ
political analysis ⓘ
perspective critical of U.S. complicity in authoritarian rule ⓘ
portrays Ferdinand Marcos as a U.S.-backed dictator ⓘ
Imelda Marcos as influential in U.S.–Philippine relations ⓘ
setInLocation Philippines ⓘ
United States ⓘ
targetAudience readers interested in Cold War foreign policy ⓘ
readers interested in U.S.–Philippine relations ⓘ
scholars of Southeast Asian politics ⓘ

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