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050			_aDS 686.6.M35 .S33 2023
100			_aScalice, Joseph _eauthor
245			_aThe Drama of dictatorship : _bMartial law and the communist parties of the Philippines / _cJoseph Scalice
260			_aQuezon City : _bBughaw, _cc2023.
300			_a366 pages ; _c23 cm.
365			_bPHP700.00
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aIntroduction -- 1. A Storm on the Horizon -- 2. The First Quarter Storm -- 3. Barricades -- 4. The Writ Suspended -- 5. Martial Law.
520			_aThe Drama of Dictatorship uncovers the role played by rival Communist parties in the conflict that culminated in Ferdinand Marcos's declaration of martial law in 1972. Using the voluminous radical literature of the period, Joseph Scalice reveals how two parties, the PKP and the CPP, torn apart by the Sino-Soviet dispute, subordinated the explosive mass struggles of the time behind rival elite conspirators. The PKP backed Marcos and the CPP, his bourgeois opponents. The absence of an independent mass movement in defense of democracy made dictatorship possible. The Drama of Dictatorship argues that the martial law regime was not fundamentally the outcome of Marcos's personal quest to remain in power but rather a consensus of the country's ruling elite, confronted with mounting social unrest, that authoritarian forms of rule were necessary to preserve their property and privileges. The bourgeois opponents of Marcos did not defend democracy but, like Marcos, plotted against it.
650			_aMARCOS, FERDINAND E. -- PHILIPPINES -- 1965-1986
650			_aDICTATORSHIP -- PHILIPPINES
650			_aMARTIAL LAW -- HISTORY -- PHILIPPINES
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