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Title: Mao Tse-Tung on Guerrilla Warfare by Samuel B. Griffith, Tse-Tung Mao ISBN: 1-56865-052-3 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: July, 1982 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.94 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
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Summary: The Treatise on Guerrilla Warfare
Comment: Translated in 1940 and reprinted in 1961, Stanley B. Griffiths work is timeless, relevant, and is a must read for those seriously exploring the Western use of joint, interagency, and multinational force to counter guerrilla activities in Afghanistan, Iraq, Indonesia, Colombia, etc.. Griffith's 1961 introduction alone is worth the price of the book. His recommendation to study guerrilla warfare in 1940 and again in 1961 was on the mark. He cites examples of successful guerrilla operations (Frances Marion; the Spanish against Napoleon; the Russians against Napoleon; the Russians against Hitler; the Vietnamese against the French, Castro in Cuba) and the value of these historical examples to further study. He cites ten key factors worth comparing to determine which side has the advantage in a guerrilla war. His discussion of the three phases of guerrilla war, and the warning to stop them before they they advance beyond phase one is sage advice. His recommendation to locate, isolate, and eradicate is a simple pattern for developing an effective counterguerrilla strategy. He does warn that countering guerrilla operations is not solely a military activity--the political arm is the key. Perhaps it is his conclusion that historically, there has not been a counter to revolutionary guerrilla warfare which gives one pause when addressing world events in 2003. Griffith comes to these conclusions by laying out Mao's thought in simple, clear writing. Essentially, Mao recognized the fundamental disparity between agrarian and urban societies, he advocated unorthodox strategies that converted deficits into advantages: using intelligence provided by the sympathetic peasant population; substituting deception, mobility, and surprise for superior firepower; using retreat as an offensive move; and educating the inhabitants as an offensive move; and educating the inhabitants on the ideological basis of the struggle. This radical approach to warfare, waged in the mountains by mobile guerrilla bands closely supported by local inhabitants, has been adopted by other revolutionary leaders throughout the world. The challenge for those studying guerrilla warfare is still on the table: what do you do about it? A start, is reading Mao's writings which provide the first documented, systematic study of the subject.
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Title: The Art of War by Sun Tzu ISBN: 0385292163 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 10 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Guerrilla Warfare: Che Guevara by Ernesto Guevara, Che Guevara, Marc Becker ISBN: 0803270755 Publisher: Bison Bks Corp Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.89 |
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Title: FROM OSS TO GREEN BERET by Bank ISBN: 0671639234 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: War In The Shadows: The Guerrilla in History by Robert B Asprey ISBN: 0595225934 Publisher: iUniverse.com Pub. Date: 31 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $41.95 |
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Title: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli ISBN: 0553212788 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 August, 1984 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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