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  title info:
    title: Lansdale, Magsaysay, America, and the Philippines
    sub title: a case study of limited intervention counterinsurgency
  name:
    name part: Lembke, Andrew E.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Combat Studies Institute (U.S.)
    name part: Press,
    role:
      role term: issuing body.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ksu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (ix, 127 pages) : map.
  abstract: Historians tend to agree that Ramon Magsaysay's leadership and his relationship with Edward Lansdale are two of the most important features of the Philippine governments campaign against the Huks from 1946-1954. Yet the nuances of his leadership and the nature of their relationship deserve greater investigation. This thesis seeks to further illuminate Magsaysay and Lansdale's relationship by focusing on the role of empathy and sociocultural understanding, in defeating the Huks and restoring the Philippine government's legitimacy. U.S. policy in the Philippines at the time, bolstered regimes riddled with corruption, graft, and nepotism, reinforcing poor governance, and resulting in a loss of government legitimacy. This energized the Huk movement until they were on the verge of toppling the government. A change in U.S. policy coincided with the emergence of Magsaysay and Lansdale. They reversed Huk momentum, rejuvenated the demoralized and oppressive armed forces, and restored the Philippine government's legitimacy, all in less than four years. Their shared, genuine empathy for the Filipino people fostered deep sociocultural understanding. Their combined capabilities and resources then translated empathy and sociocultural understanding into concrete measures to combat the Huks and rebuild popular support for the government.
  note: Andrew E. Lembke.
  note: General Military History
  note: Approved for public release; Distribution is unlimited
  note: Open access content Open access content star
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126).
  note: Conforms To: Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library.
  note: English
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
    geographic code: a-ph---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Lansdale, Edward Geary
      name part: 1908-1987
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Magsaysay, Ramon
      name part: 1907-1957
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (Philippines)
  subject:
    topic: Counterinsurgency
    geographic: Philippines
    topic: History
    temporal: 20th century
  subject:
    geographic: Philippines
    topic: History
    temporal: 1946-1986
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Military relations
    geographic: Philippines
  subject:
    geographic: Philippines
    topic: Military relations
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Counterinsurgency
  subject:
    topic: COIN
  subject:
    topic: Hukbalahap Rebellion
  subject:
    topic: Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987
  subject:
    topic: Magsaysay, Ramon, 1907-
  subject:
    topic: Philippines
  classification: DS686.5 .L37 2013
  classification: D 110.18:P 53
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Lansdale, Magsaysay, America and the Philippines
    name:
      name part: Lembke, Andrew E.
    identifier: (DLC) 2013008604
    identifier: (OCoLC)830682611
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Art of war papers
  identifier: https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo85263
  access condition: Approved for public release; Distribution is unlimited
  access condition: Open access content
  record info:
    record content source: TRC
    record creation date: 170823
    record change date: 20210514085054.0
    record identifier: in00003898254
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng