The book is indispensable to understanding why and how, under the leadership of the CPP, the Filipino people and their revolutionary forces successfully fought and defeated the US-instigated fascist dictatorship of Marcos. The dictatorship was designed to destroy the revolutionary movement but instead served to incite the people to rise up further against the semi-colonial and semi-feudal ruling system.
Rekisito ang librong ito sa pag-unawa kung bakit at paano, sa pamumuno ng PKP, matagumpay na nilabanan at ginapi ng sambayanang Pilipino at ng rebolusyonaryong pwersa nila ang pasistang diktadurang Marcos na iniluklok ng US. Dinisenyo ang dikatadura upang wasakin ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan subalit, sa halip, nagsilbi itong pang-upat sa mamamayan na ibayong mag-alsa laban sa malakolonyal at malapyudal na naghaharing sistema.