People's War: Variants and Responses

ISBN-13: 9780367374143 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str.

Thomas a. Marks; Paul Rich

Opis

This is a major new collection that investigates Maoist and post-Maoist approaches to "Peoples War" and their continuing relevance in contemporary international politics and security. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Small Wars & Insurgencies.

Spis treści

1. Back to the future – people’s war in the 21st century Thomas A. Marks and Paul B. Rich 2. Revolutionary leadership as necessary element in people’s war: Shining Path of Peru David Scott Palmer 3. People’s war antithesis: Che Guevara and the mythology of Focismo Paul B. Rich 4. FARC, 1982–2002: criminal foundation for insurgent defeat Thomas A. Marks 5. Was FARC militarily defeated? Carlos Alberto Ospina Ovalle 6. Critical ingredient: US aid to counterinsurgency in Colombia Carlos G. Berrios 7. A double-edged sword: the people’s uprising in Ghazni, Afghanistan Matthew P. Dearing 8. The North Caucasus: from mass mobilization to international terrorism Elena Pokalova 9. Bolivia, a new model insurgency for the 21st century: from Mao back to Lenin David E. Spencer and Hugo Acha Melgar

O autorze

Thomas A. Marks is Distinguished Professor and MG Edward Lansdale Chair of Irregular Warfighting Strategy, College of International Security Affairs (CISA) of the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington, DC, USA. He has authored hundreds of publications, to include the benchmark Maoist Insurgency Since Vietnam, and served as the Oppenheimer Chair of Warfighting Strategy at the Marine Corps University (Quantico), as well as longtime adjunct professor at AFSOS (Hurlburt Field) and the Sherman Kent School (Washington, DC). A former army and US government officer, he has worked as an independent contractor, including for Control Risks of London.

Paul B. Rich is editor of the journal Small Wars & Insurgencies and author/editor of over ten books including The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency, State Power and Black Politics in South Africa, Crisis in the Caucasus: Russia, Georgia and the West, The Counter Insurgent State, and Warlords in International Relations. He holds a BA from the University of Sussex in International Relations and International History, an MA from the University of York in Politics, and a PhD from the University of Warwick. His research interests are in insurgency, counterinsurgency and hybrid warfare with particular reference to the Middle East and post-Soviet politics.