Guerrilla Warfare

'Guerrilla warfare is a war of the masses, a war of the people'

First published in 1961, following the successful Cuban Revolution, this is Che Guevara's handbook for guerrilla war.

It covers strategy, tactics, terrain, organization of an army, logistics, field medical treatment, intelligence, propaganda and training, and focuses on seven 'golden rules' of guerrilla warfare. Widely studied both by insurrectionist movements and those who have tried to suppress them, this is the key text to understand how revolutions can be fought and won by ordinary people.

About the author

Ernesto Che Guevara was born into a middle-class family in Argentina in 1928 and trained as a doctor, but became radicalized by the poverty and hunger he witnessed in South America. He played a key role in the Cuban revolution and served in Fidel Castro's government. He then travelled to Congo to support the rebellion there, and finally to Bolivia, where with a small, committed group he initiated a revolutionary movement and was captured and executed by Bolivian and US military forces in 1967.

Summary

'Guerrilla warfare is a war of the masses, a war of the people'

First published in 1961, following the successful Cuban Revolution, this is Che Guevara's handbook for guerrilla war.

It covers strategy, tactics, terrain, organization of an army, logistics, field medical treatment, intelligence, propaganda and training, and focuses on seven 'golden rules' of guerrilla warfare. Widely studied both by insurrectionist movements and those who have tried to suppress them, this is the key text to understand how revolutions can be fought and won by ordinary people.

Product details

• Authors: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, Ernesto Che Guevara, Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
• Assisted by: Che Guevara Studies Center (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.09.2021
• EAN: 9780241465080
• ISBN: 978-0-241-46508-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, 20th Century, HISTORY / Revolutionary, Cuba, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Far-left political ideologies and movements, c 1950 to c 1959, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Marxism & Communism, Revolutionary groups and movements