One．WHAT MAKES MEN FREE？ 1
Two．THE GROUNDWORK FOR INDEPENDENCE 18
Three．THE INSTRUMENTS OF INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM 42
Four．THE TRANSITION 94
Five．TRIBULATIONS OF A NEW STATE 115
Six．DEMOCRACY IN DISREPUTE：SUBVERSION ON THE MOVE 136
Seven．THE TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY 148
Eight．THE REBUILDING 170
Nine．THE PHILIPPINES IN THE FREE WORLD 195
Ten．AFTER MAGSAYSAY 235
Eleven．THE OUTLOOK 270
Appendix A．THE JONES ACT 283
Appendix B．THE TYDINGS－MCDUFFIE ACT 300
Appendix C．AMENDMENTS TO THE TYDINGS－MCDUFFIE ACT 313
Appendix D．CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES 325
Appendix E．PHILIPPINE TRADE AGREEMENT REVISION ACT OF 1955 346
INDEX 365