16 x 24 cm.; pg. ix, 165 ; Foreword, appendix, notes, index, black-and-white photos, map. "The eight-year struggle, initiated in 1946 by the Communist Huk rebellion against the young Philippine Republic, forms the subject of this book. It traces chronologically the steps taken to quell the uprising, to isolate the Communist leaders, and to encourage the participation of the ex-Huks in representative government and in democratic communities. At the heart of the ambitious campaign, in the author's opinion, lay the desire of Ramon Magsaysay, then Secretary of National Defense, to win the Huks to support of the government by means of a positive program of social reform. The project for developing self-respecting farmers through land settlements was organized under the guidance and discipline of the Economic Development Corps of the Army. " Hobbs #494; 0804704708

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