Preface

This edition is a revision of the 1983 Philippines: A Country
Study. The new edition recounts events in the Philippines since the
ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos, the restoration of democracy, and
the installation of President Corazon Aquino in February 1986.

Like its predecessor, this study is an effort to present an objective
and concise account of the major social, economic, political, and
national security concerns of the Philippines in the 1990s, using an
historical framework. Sources of information include scholarly books,
official reports from government and international organizations, and
foreign and domestic newspapers and periodicals. Brief commentary on
some of the more useful and readily accessible sources appears at the
end of each chapter. Full references to these and other sources used by
the authors are listed in the Bibliography.

The authors have limited the use of foreign and technical terms,
which are defined when they first appear. The authors have used the
place names established by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Pilipino personal and place names and terminology include the tilde.
Names and terminology from the Spanish colonial period include accented
vowels in addition to the tilde.

The body of the text reflects information available as of June 1991.
Certain other portions of the text, however, have been updated.