Karlo Mikhail’s review of The Drama of Dictatorship: Martial Law and the Communist Parties of the Philippines > Likes and Comments
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The Drama of Dictatorship is not engaged in "polemical recriminations." It is, rather, a cogent historical argument: Stalinism, embodied in two parties, made martial law possible. Any meaningful scholarly criticism of the book needs to deal with this argument and the evidence for it. Labelling it "hyper-partisan" amounts to nothing but name-calling.
I reread the book recently and agree with your response here on the emptiness of labels like "hyper-partisan" etc.. I slightly edited my initial reaction to reflect this change of perspective.
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Sep 26, 2023 07:26PM
The Drama of Dictatorship is not engaged in "polemical recriminations." It is, rather, a cogent historical argument: Stalinism, embodied in two parties, made martial law possible. Any meaningful scholarly criticism of the book needs to deal with this argument and the evidence for it. Labelling it "hyper-partisan" amounts to nothing but name-calling.
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I reread the book recently and agree with your response here on the emptiness of labels like "hyper-partisan" etc.. I slightly edited my initial reaction to reflect this change of perspective.
