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BN PUBLISHING Guerrilla Warfare by Ernesto Che Guevara
Written immediately after the Cuban Revolution and first published in 1961 Guerrilla Warfare soon became a howto manual for legions of guerrilla fighters around the worldfrom Latin America to Africa and Asia. In this revolutionary primer Che focuses on the general principles of guerrilla warfare the guerrilla band the organization of the guerrilla front and strategies for preserving and defending power once it has been won. The book covers broad topicsguerrilla strategy and tactics; propaganda training and indoctrination; and the role of womenand more specific issues like medical problems supplies and sabotage. Ches epilogue written a year after the culmination of the long armed civil struggle by the Cuban people includes his analysis of the Cuban situation at the time and predictions for the countrys future. Both historical document and impassioned treatise Guerrilla Warfare was intended as a guide to realizing change when political opposition and legal civil struggle against totalitarianism are inadequate. In that sense it provides a timeless window into revolutionary thinking today.show more