NCJ Number
28003
Date Published
1974
Length
400 pages
Annotation
EXAMINATION OF THE MODERN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, MOTIVATIONS, PRINCIPLES, AND TACTICS OF REVOLUTIONARY GUERRILLA WARFARE, PARTICULARLY THAT WHICH IS RURALORIGINATED AND BASED.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR'S ANALYSIS IS SET LARGELY AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF TWO CONSIDERATIONS: MARX-LENINIST MODES OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLES, AND ANTI-WESTERN REVOLT IN PREDOMINANTLY AGRARIAN SOCIETIES. HE CONSIDERS THE ORIGINS AND EFFECTS OF VARIOUS GUERRILLA MOVEMENTS, SUCH AS IN RUSSIA, CHINA, INDOCHINA, MALAYA, CUBA, AND IRELAND, AND MAKES COMPARISONS BETWEEN THEIR VARIOUS STRATEGIES AND RESULTS. IN ADDITION TO DISCUSSION ASPECTS OF INTERNAL ORGANIZATION, TRAINING RECRUITMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS, THE ANALYSIS INCLUDES THE EFFECTS OF SUCH THINGS AS OUTSIDE AID, ACTIVE PROPAGANDA AND THE POSTURE OF 'ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT'. A FINAL CHAPTER LOOKS AT DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN TERRORISM. APPENDED MATERIAL CONTAINS DISCUSSIONS OF THE GUERRILLA PRINCIPLES OF T.E. LAWRENCE, THE RELATIONSHIP OF GUERRILLAS TO INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND THE POSITION OF THE PALESTINIANS.