DIARY of aDICTATOR
Ferdinand&Imelda: The Last Days of Camelot
William C. Rempel
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Copyright 1993 by William C. Rempel
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Originally published as Delusions of a Dictator - The Mind of Marcos as Revealed in His Secret Diaries, in hardcover in 1993 by Little, Brown & Company.
This revised and updated e-Book version published in 2013.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rempel, William C. Delusions of a dictator / the mind of Marcos as revealed in his secret diaries / by William C. Rempel.
ISBN 0-316-74015-2
1. Philippines—Politics and government—1969 - 1986. 2. Marcos, Ferdinand E. (Ferdinand Edralin), 1917-1989. I. Title.
DS686.5.R43 1993
320.9599—dc20 92-27531
10 987654321
MV-NY
Originally published, simultaneously in Canada
by Little, Brown & Company (Canada)Limited
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Author’s Note
The Diary: An Introduction
Prologue: Friday, September 22, 1972
One: The First Coffin
Two: More Coffins
Three: Night Frights
Four: The Total Solution
Five: Divine Whispers
Six: Sex, Lies, and Audio Tapes
Seven: New Year’s Delusions
Eight: Dictator Dreams
Nine: Democracy in Traction
Ten: A Glimpse of the Rubicon
Eleven: The Constitution Con
Twelve: A Death in the Family
Thirteen: Summer Storms
Fourteen: Some Kind of Hero
Fifteen: The Last Delusion
Epilogue: The Aftermath
Notes and Sources
Bibliography