{"product_id":"reinventing-marcos-from-dictator-to-hero-9781764020954","title":"Reinventing Marcos: From Dictator to Hero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarcos died a dictator. But today, on social media, Marcos is a hero.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresident Ferdinand E. Marcos held power for 21 years and lost power in four days. What happened and why is recounted in this memoir by Keith Dalton, a decade-long former foreign correspondent in the Philippines. He writes of a ruthless and repressive dictatorship - responsible for more than 100,000 deaths, imprisonments, torture, and 'disappearances'. Through despotism, nepotism, and corruption, Marcos built an empire of greed until he was overthrown in a People Power revolution in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades after his death, Marcos has been 'reinvented' - mythologised and propagandised - by social media disinformation which claims it was a 'golden' age and Marcos was the nation's best-ever president. This false legacy helped Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. win the presidency in 2022. Dalton remembers an autocrat and a 'bloody' age when Marcos politically gutted and economically plundered the nation. Reinventing Marcos is his account of the 10 years he was there. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalton Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764020954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Keith Dalton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280908845237,"sku":"9781764020954","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_370fdd0a-ff67-4e0f-a6e8-77fcf1795eaf.jpg?v=1751469743","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/reinventing-marcos-from-dictator-to-hero-9781764020954","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}