Guerrilla Strategies : An Historical Anthology from the Long March to Afghanistan / Gérard Chaliand; ed. by Gérard Chaliand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chaliand, Gérard, Author.

Contributor:

Chaliand, Gérard, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1982]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This unique anthology of writings on revolutionary warfare and counterinsurgency covers almost all the major struggles of the modern world. Chaliand, who has had firsthand experience with guerrilla movements in Afghanistan, Africa, and Latin America, provides a concise yet panoramic overview of political and military strategies in revolutionary warfare, noting their strengths, limitations, and pathologies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I: Stories

1. Camille Rougeron: The Historical Dimension of Guerrilla Warfare

2. Agnes Smedley: The Red Phalanx

3. Vladimir Dedijer: The Yugoslav Partisans

4. William J. Pomeroy: The Huk Guerrilla Struggle in the Philippines

5. Ngo Van Chieu: The Journal of a Vietminh Combatant

6. Bernard B. Fall: Street Without Joy

7. Si Azzedine: Story of a Guerrilla in Algeria

8. Donald L. Barnett and Karari Njama: Mau Mau from Within

9. Frank Kitson: Counterinsurrection in Kenya

10. Ernesto Che Guevara: Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War

11. Gérard Chaliand: With the Guerrillas in "Portuguese" Guinea

12. Journal of a Colombian Guerrillero

13. Michael Raeburn: On the Move

Part II: Analyses

14. Eqbal Ahmad: Revolutionary Warfare and Counterinsurgency

15. Captain Labignette: The Communist Insurrection in Greece

16. Julian Paget: Emergency in Malaya

17. Jean-Philippe Talbo-Bernigaud: Steamroller in Kabylia

18. Héctor Béjar: The Failure of the Guerrillas in Peru

19. Jeffrey Race: War Comes to Long An

20. Nguyen Van Thieu: Our Strategy for Guerrilla War

21. Abraham Guillen: Urban Guerrilla Strategy

22. Abu Iyad: Al Fatah's Autocriticism

23. Gérard Chaliand: The Bargain War in Afghanistan

Annotated Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-90679-9

OCLC:

1414455171