August 4, 2009
Originally published on November 6, 1989.
Stanley Karnow is the author, most recently, of ''In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines.''Three years ago, when Philippine President Corazon Aquino arrived here on her first official visit, she was welcomed as if she were the reincarnation of Joan of Arc. A modest, devout housewife, she had recently toppled the venal and despotic Ferdinand Marcos in a melodramatic morality play, and the capital gave her a tumultuous ovation.
Former Secretary of State George Shultz, a ''Cory'' doll pinned to his lapel, beamed with rare emotion at a banquet in her honor. She conquered Congress with a moving speech that ''Tip'' O'Neill, then speaker of the House, called the ''finest'' he had heard in his 34-year career.
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