Full Description
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
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Gerard Chaliand: Introduction
PART ONE. STORIES
I. Camille Rougeron: The Historical Dimension of Guerrilla Warfare
II. Agnes Smedley: The Red Phalanx
III. Vladimir Dedijer: The Yugoslav Partisans
IV. William J. Pomeroy: The Huk Guerrilla Struggle in the Philippines
V. Ngo Van Chieu: The Journal of a Vietminh Combatant
VI. Bernard B. Fall: Street Without Joy
VIII. Si Azzedine: Story of a Guerrilla in Algeria
VIII. Donald L. Barnett and Karari Njama: Mau Mau from Within
IX. Frank Kitson: Counterinsurrection in Kenya
X. Ernesto Che Guevara: Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War
XI. Gerard Chaliand: With the Guerrillas in "Portuguese" Guinea
XII. Journal of a Colombian Guerrillero
XIII. Michael Raeburn: On the Move
PART TWO: ANALYSES
XIV. Eqbal Ahmad: Revolutionary Warfare and Counterinsurgency
XV. Captain Labignette: The Communist Insurrection in Greece
XVI. Julian Paget: Emergency in Malaya
XVII. Jean-Philippe Talbo-Bernigaud:Steamroller in Kabylia
XVIII. Hector Bejar: The Failure of the Guerrillas in Peru
XIX. Jeffrey Race: War Comes to Long An
XX. Nguyen Van Thieu: Our Strategy for Guerrilla War
XXI. Abraham Guillen: Urban Guerrilla Strategy
XXII. Abu Iyad: AI Fatah's Autocriticism
XXIII. Gerard Chaliand: The Bargain War in Afghanistan
Annotated Bibliography
