...Wilfredo F. Arce Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1972 1972 Slums are for People: The Barrio Magsaysay Pilot Project in Philippine Urban Community Development . By Aprodicio A. Laquian . Honolulu : The East-West Center Press , 1971 . xvi, 245 pp. Appendixes...

...Donn V. Hart Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1960 1960 Focus on the Barrio. The Story Behind the Birth of the Philippine Community Development Program under President Magsaysay . By Jose V. Abueva . Manila : University of the Philippines, Institute of Pub-lie...

...David Wurfel The Magsaysay Story . By Carlos P. Romulo and Marvin M. Gray . New York : John Day , 1956 . 316. Illustrations, Index. $5.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1957 1957 644 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Those details which make the difference...

...David Wurfel Magsaysay and the Philippine Peasantry: The Agrarian Impact on Philippine Politics, 1953–56 . By Frances Lucille Starner . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1961 . 304 . $6.00 (paper) Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1962 1962 244 JOURNAL...

...Ruth Ammerman Yabes Faith in Asia's Poor: Ten Paths to Rural Development. Biographies of Ramon Magsaysay Foundation Awardees . Edited by Mae Handy Esterline . Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America , 1990 . xiii, 192 pp. $14.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian...

...Grant K. Goodman Ramon Magsaysay: A Political Biography . By Jose V. Abueva . Manila : Solidaridad Publishing House , 1971 . 497 pp. Illustrations. $10.50. (Distributed by the Cellar Book Shop, Detroit). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1973 1973 758 JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

... China" (p. 294). MAE H. ESTERLINE Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation ...

... compared to the general pioneering, significant and timely contribution of Dr. Joaquin Bernas, S.J. to the complex subject of liberty. MARIO D. ZAMORA Eastern Montana College and the University of the Philippines Ramon Magsaysay: A Political Biography. BY JOSE V. ABUEVA. Manila: Solidaridad Publishing...

... passing reference to the charismatic character of his leadership (37); it needs more emphasis. It was a sincere and intense concern for the peasants' welfare, expressed through a warm and dynamic personality, not a precise program of reform, which won Magsaysay his mass support. Even after his election...

... equivalents. Kodokan Judo will be of particular interest to the teacher of Judo who cannot refer to Aida's original work, and to the advanced student of Judo who is vitally interested in the finer aspects of the sport. DEAN RYAN University of California, Berkeley The Magsaysay Story. By CARLOS P. ROMULO...

... merely glossing over or attempting to finesse embarrassing events such as the Central Intelligence Agency's role in insuring Ramon F. Magsaysay's election as Philippine president in 1953- Quite surprisingly, Berry characterizes Magsaysay's role in combating the "Hukbalahap insurgency" as only "relatively...

...., and Carlos Garcia, at least his full biographical treatment of Magsaysay whom he clearly admires provides a standard for measuring others. The evidence which Smith does present is so factual and consequential, as to justify his conclusion that "the Filipinos are living under the most stable free government...

... in 1947. Cullather portrays the "America's Boy" President Ramon Magsaysay as a shrewd traditional political leader who carefully built his independent electoral coalition while also keeping his friendship with his American benefactors. He demystifies the image of a nationalist hero, Claro M. Recto...

... and Magsaysay Administrations provides the author with ample evidence both of the latitude of Philippine executive power, and the restrictions on its exercise. In one or two instances, however, one is tempted to question either the author's choice or his interpretation of data. It is difficult to understand...

... that Focus on the lenge and the promise of the Philippine ComBarrio is ". . . as much a study in policy devel- munity Development Program. opment and administrative creation as it is a DONN V. HART story of how President Magsaysay and Mr. Bin- Syracuse University amira [Presidential Assistant on Community...

... have treated the daily brutalities and turncoating more adequately than he intends to. And if he seems too delicate in his remarks concerning Quirino, Recto, Jose Laurel, Jr., and Carlos Garcia, at least his full biographical treatment of Magsaysay whom he clearly admires provides a standard...

..., the "restlessly energetic" (171) Magsaysay was justifiably known for his "intense mobility" (186), his "impulsive personality and kinetic behavior" (171). He was "quick to blame and equally quick to praise" (170) and very often "exploded" (185) in "sudden fits of anger" (186). Magsaysay's temper is referred...

... another; a systematic ideal-typical assessment of colonial war is still in demand. WOLFGANG J. MOMMSEN University of Diisseldorf Faith in Asia's Poor: Ten Paths to Rural Development. Biographies of Ramon Magsaysay Foundation Awardees. Edited by M A E H A N D Y ESTERLINE. Lanham, Maryland: University Press...

... delegation. He also contends that Filipino negotiators gained early and real advantage in their bases negotiations with the United States in 1947. Cullather portrays the "America's Boy" President Ramon Magsaysay as a shrewd traditional political leader who carefully built his independent electoral coalition...

..., "lapses in DANIEL J. SCHEANS research procedures" or "research errors," by Portland State University this he means, "Discrepancies between what is concluded and what can be concluded in the light of what was done" (p. 4). In point of Slums are for People: The Barrio Magsaysay fact, he goes far beyond...