Böcker av Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley

A comparative survey of guerrilla movements in Latin America, this title explores the origins and outcomes of rural insurgencies in nearly a dozen cases since 1956. Focusing on the personal backgrounds of the guerrillas themselves and on national social conditions, it explains why guerrillas emerged strongly in certain countries but not others.

This series of essays on insurgency and revolution, focusing on Latin America since 1956, discusses revolutionary theory, the nature of social movements and models of social action. Topics include terror, guerilla regimes, mobilizing peasants, and the vulnerability of regimes to revolution.