This essay aims to explain the economic, political, and social struggles of a Post-WWII Philippines. ... Such events were the rising into power of the United States of America and the success of its Marshall Plan or the European Recovery Program which was an effort to rebuild Europe from the ravages of war. ... There was political and social unrest in the form of the Huk guerilla rebellion and the PKM (National Peasant Union). ... In 1953, Ramon Magsaysay was elected as president. ... He claimed that Martial Law was a prelude to a "New Society", one which was based on new and social ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The split of the Korean Peninsula in 1945 foreshadows the events yet to come. ... The North especially suffered as it had been " economically, politically, and socially the marginal part of Korea for centuries" (Armstrong 2003:13). ... These events sparked in the Korean a strong desire for independence and laid the framework for communism to take hold due to the large number of peasants and workers who had suffered and desired reform. ... A key event occurred when the United States went to the United Nations for support of their Korean plan and pushed a resolution through the United N...

• Word Count: 3532
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate