TY  - BOOK
AU  - Serrano, Cecilia Pestaño.
TI  - Beating the odds: the life, the times, and the politics of Diosdado P. Macapagal 
SN  - 9711011131
AV  - DS 686.6.M24  .Se68 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Quezon City
PB  - New Day Publishers
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Presidents
N2  - As a preliminary work leading towards a comparative biographical, political and economic analysis of the Diosdado and Gloria Macapagal administrations, Serrano's book provides glimpses into the man as well as the problems he and his government faced and political processes they experienced. Interestingly, one can weave from Serrano's account a tapestry of personal and institutional strings, weaknesses and contradictory tendencies that would make Filipino readers more curious about the older Macapagal and his times.
ER  -