Peter Couchman presents this story, which documents the four days leading up to the overthrow of the Philippines Marcos government in 1986. It was a unique military revolt that was won not by military force but by the church and ordinary people. The story is presented by the participants including church leader Cardinal Jaime Sin ; Marcos defector Secretary of Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile; coup leader Captain Gringo Honason; and the new president of the Philippines Cory Aquino.