Reinventing Marcos: From Dictator to Hero - Couverture souple

Dalton, Keith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1764020952 ISBN 13 : 9781764020954

Editeur : Dalton Books, 2025

Synopsis

Marcos died a dictator. But today, on social media, Marcos is a hero.
President 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.
Decades 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.

Praise for Reinventing Marcos
"As history is twisted to restore the reputation of the deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos, an angry foreign correspondent returns to the stories he wrote on a deadly regime. The headline is ‘Journo versus tyrant’. Keith Dalton elegantly crams two books into one: his life as a correspondent, and a vivid attack on ‘apologists, fantasists and propagandists’ trying to rewrite Philippine history."
Graeme Dobell, ‘The journalist and the dictator’, Inside Story

"Dalton’s first-hand accounts, including moments of brutality and resilience, ground his critique in lived experience, offering a visceral counterpoint to the fabricated glorifications proliferating on social media… His prose is both incisive and evocative, blending historical analysis with poignant personal anecdotes… Reinventing Marcos is a passionate call to action for truth-telling and historical integrity. Dalton’s work is essential reading for those grappling with the challenges of combating disinformation and preserving the integrity of historical memory. It stands as both a memoir and a warning, urging vigilance against the seductive allure of revisionist narratives."
Joe Assi, Management Consultant

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Keith was for 20 years a journalist and a foreign correspondent. Then, for another 20 years he was a speechwriter, a press secretary, and a communications manager. At 25, he left Australia and spent the next 12 years in Southeast Asia, principally in the Philippines where he reported for 10 radio stations and three newspapers. Keith reported extensively on the 21-year dictatorship of President Ferdinand E. Marcos which ended in a People Power revolution in 1986. Back in Australia, he spent a further three years covering Australian and Pacific news for four international broadcasters. For 11 years, he was the Corporate Communications Manager for SBS, Australia's multilingual and multicultural national broadcaster.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dalton Books
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1764020952
• ISBN 13: 9781764020954
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg