Description |
160 pages ; 20 cm |
Contents |
1 The wind of revolution. Popular will as the key to strategy. The confrontation of the haves and the have-nots. Fallacies of counter-insurgency. Guerrilla war as an extension of politics. Cracks in the armour of the modern state -- 2 The war of the flea. Political and military objectives. Creating 'the climate of collapse'. Organization of insurgent forces. Guevara on guerrilla war: the base -- 3 Inception and evolution of an insurgency. Transition to civil war. Alternative solutions. The Cuban example -- 4 Protracted war. Popular forces versus regular armies. The guerrilla as missionary. Mao Tse-tung on the war of the flea. The lessons of China |
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10 Sun Tzu on The Art of War. Principles of guerrilla strategy and tactics. Terrain as a determining factor. Guerrilla war in urban areas. The character of the guerrilla -- 11 Guerrilla movements in the Third World. The revolutionary base. Outlook for the United States |
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5 Colonial war and the French experience. Strategy and tactics of Vo Nguyen Giap. How the Vietminh won in Indo-China -- 6 The political character of the Second Indo-China War. The American role. Expansion of the war -- 7 Wars of national liberation and their cost. The Irish 'troubles' and the role of the Black and Tans. Terrorism in Israel. Rebellion in North Africa -- 8 General Grivas on Guerrilla war in Cyprus. The political uses of terrorism. Errors of British strategy -- 9 Failures in the war of the flea. Magsaysay and the Huks in the Philippines. The price of British victory in Malaya. Why the communists lost in Greece |
Notes |
Originally published, New York: L. Stuart, 1965 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Guerrilla warfare.
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ISBN |
0586080104 |
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