The Philippines During the Cold War

The Philippines During the Cold War: 1950 to 1990

We know of the Cold War as the conflict between the two superpowers, namely the United States and the Soviet Union, over ideological, political, economic and social differences. This ‘conflict’ that started in the February 1945 Yalta Conference resulted in forty years of tensions that constantly presented the threat of a nuclear war. The Cold War not only affected the two countries involved, but also all other sovereign states continually fearing the outbreak of a destructive war. Upon stating this fact, we Filipinos could certainly be considered as ‘involved’ in the said war.
How did our country get into the middle of the Cold War? What happened to our foreign policies? How did they evolve? To whom did we side on? Hopefully, these and other questions will be answered as we look at the Philippines during the Cold War.
Our country was under the American rule for almost 48 years (from 1898 to 1946). Th...