Not the arts either or the artists who were conscripted by the administration to serve the nation through the instrumentalities of the state.
The Mijares book is more popular and accessible, or was made accessible than any other exposé kind of books about the dictatorship. Seagrave’s investigation is brash and brave and confronts the vulgar and tacky aspects of the dictatorship. But both books are ideal guides about what transpired in those decades, a few years from the declaration of martial rule and another few more years—in 1981—when it was lifted for the sake of a papal visit.
The book of Seagrave is altogether of different persuasion. It contains details—names, events, quotes—that were whispered only, in glee and fear, during the years of the dictatorship.
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