Thesis (Ph. D.)--The University of Michigan, 1975.

Introduction -- The uncertainties of liberation -- The opportunity : provincial politics in early 1945 -- Return to factionalism -- The composition of the emerging Roxas coalition -- Nacionalistas, Liberals, and the democratic alliance -- The Roxas presidency -- Conclusion -- Charts. Governors appointed between October, 1944 and April, 1946 -- Resistance activities of governors appointed under the jurisdiction of the United States Army, during Tomas Confessor's tenure as Secretary of the Interior, until June 30, 1945 -- The pre-war activities of the governors appointed under the jurisdiction of the United States Army and Tomas Confesor -- Appendices. Congressmen who collaborated but were not detained by the Counter Intelligence Corps -- Alignments of Philippine political leaders before and after World War II

Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1975