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c • t t t t t t . . t . J l t J I ~ l \ T J \ . J l J ~ J \ . J l ) ~ with a new introduLctioan bqy tuhe eauuthorr e r a l t W J. . J . J l l l l l l f J I J I ~ ~ ) l J \ l \ T i \ J l J ~ i & a l c o r i s t H i y A u d S t a l c C r i t i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ! ! ~ n ~ s ~ ~ u p LONDON AND NEW YORK Originally published in 1976 by Little, Brown and Company Published 1998 by Transaction Publishers Published 2017 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 1998 by Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 97-29417 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laqueur, Walter, 1921- Guerrilla warfare : a historical and critical study / Walter Laqueur, with a new introduction by the author. p. cm. Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1976. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7658-0406-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Guerrilla warfare—History. I. Title. U240.L37 1997 355.02'18—dc21 97-29417 CIP ISBN-13: 978-0-7658-0406-8 (pbk) These problems (of guerrilla warfare) are of very long standing, yet manifestly far from understood-especially in those countries where everything that can be called "guerrilla warfare" has be- come a new military fashion or craze. - B, H. LIDDELL HART, Preface to the second edition of Strategy, 1967 Contents Introduction to the Transaction Edition IX Preface XV 1 Partisans in History 3 2 Small Wars and Big Armies 50 3 The Origins of Guerrilla Doctrine 100 4 The Twentieth Century (I): Between Two World Wars 152 5 The Twentieth Century (II): Partisans against Hitler 202 6 The Twentieth Century (III): China and Vietnam 239 7 National Liberation and Revolutionary War 278 8 Guerrilla Doctrine Today 326 9 A Summing Up 382 Notes 411 Chronology of Major Guerrilla Wars 441 Abbreviations 443 Bibliography 446 Index 451 Introduction to the Transaction Edition Every book has its history and Guerrilla Warfare is no exception. Together with its sequel Terrorism and two companion volumes (The Guerrilla Reader and The Terrorism Reader) it was part of a wider study such as had not been attempted before-to give a critical interpreta- tion of guerrilla and terrorism theory and practice throughout history. It did not want to provide a general theory of political violence nor did it give instructions on how to conduct guerrilla warfare or terrorist operations. It was read in various countries and established itself as a text. I hope it contributed to the clarification of certain issues not widely understood at the time among the public at large. The book certainly failed to bring about greater semantic clarity; there had been a widespread tendency in the media and our public discourse to equate great war with small war, guerrilla, terrorism, civil war, and banditry (social and asocial), and this has not changed since this book first appeared in 1976. On the contrary, unsuspecting readers consulting major public libraries for guidance on the subject of guerrilla warfare will find under this heading books on the theater, on business practices (especially sales strategies), on education, and on many other fields of human endeavor. The term guerrilla has become very popular; but in the same measure as the application has multiplied, the meaning has become even more diluted. In addition there has been the widespread use of the unfortunate and misleading term "urban guerrilla" as a euphemism for terrorism. Guerrilla has a positive connotation, by and large, whereas terrorism has not, hence the misapplication.
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