The Drama of Dictatorship : : Martial Law and the Communist Parties of the Philippines / / Joseph Scalice.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Scalice, Joseph,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 15 b&w halftones, 3 maps

The Drama of Dictatorship uncovers the role played by rival Communist parties in the conflict that culminated in Ferdinand Marcos' 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' personal quest to remain in power, but expressed rather a consensus in 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Orthography -- Map of the Philippines -- THE DRAMA OF DICTATORSHIP -- Introduction -- 1. A Storm on the Horizon -- 2. The First Quarter Storm -- 3. Barricades -- 4. The Writ Suspended -- 5. Martial Law -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index