Guerrilla Warfare

by Guevara, Ernesto Che

• ISBN13: 9781920888282
• ISBN10: 1920888284
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-15
• Publisher: Ocean Pr

Summary

A bestselling classic for decades, this is Che Guevara's 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's army.

Table of Contents

Editorial Note	vii
Ernesto Che Guevara	xi
Foreword by Harry "Pombo" Villegas	1	(6)
Dedication to Camilo by Ernesto Che Guevara	7	(6)
CHAPTER I GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF GUERRILLA WARFARE
1 The Essence of Guerrilla Warfare	13	(8)
2 Guerrilla Strategy	21	(4)
3 Guerrilla Tactics	25	(7)
4 Warfare on Favorable Terrain	32	(5)
5 Warfare on Unfavorable Terrain	37	(6)
6 Urban Warfare	43	(6)
CHAPTER II THE GUERRILLA BAND
1 The Guerrilla Fighter: Social Reformer	49	(3)
2 The Guerrilla Fighter as Combatant	52	(13)
3 Organization of a Guerrilla Band	65	(10)
4 Combat	75	(13)
5 Beginning, Development, and End of a Guerrilla War	88	(7)
CHAPTER III ORGANIZATION OF THE GUERRILLA FRONT
1 Supply	95	(5)
2 Civil Organization	100	(6)
3 The Role of Women	106	(3)
4 Health	109	(4)
5 Sabotage	113	(3)
6 War Industry	116	(3)
7 Propaganda	119	(2)
8 Intelligence	121	(2)
9 Training and Indoctrination	123	(3)
10 The Organizational Structure of the Army of a Revolutionary Movement	126	(7)
CHAPTER IV APPENDICES
1 Underground Organization of the First Guerrilla Band	133	(5)
2 Holding Power	138	(3)
3 Epilogue: Analysis of the Situation in Cuba, Present and Future	141