Guerrilla Warfare

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A classic text on revolution by Che Guevara.

A bestselling classic for decades, this is Che Guevara own incisive analysis of the Cuban revolution a text studied by his admirers and adversaries alike. This is an account of what happened in Cuba and why, explaining how a small group of dedicated fighters grew in strength with the support of the Cuban people, overcoming their limitations to defeat a dictator army.

This new edition features a revised translation and a foreword by Harry Pombo Villegas, Ches comrade in Bolivia and Africa, who was one of the few survivors of Ches Bolivian campaign.

"The positive feature of guerrilla warfare is that each guerrilla fighter is ready to die not just to defend an idea but to make that idea a reality. That is the essence of the guerrilla struggle. The miracle is that a small nucleus, the armed vanguard of a great popular movement that supports them, can proceed to realize that idea, to establish a new society, to break the old patterns of the past, to achieve, ultimately, the social justice for which they fight" Che Guevara

Genre: Technology & Engineering / Military Science (fancy, right?)