Guerrillas and Revolution in Latin America : : A Comparative Study of Insurgents and Regimes since 1956 / / Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Wickham-Crowley, Timothy P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

In this comparative survey of guerrilla movements in Latin America, Timothy Wickham-Crowley 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, the author explains why guerrillas emerged strongly in certain countries but not others. He considers, for example, under what circumstances guerrillas acquire military strength and why they do--or do not--secure substantial support from the peasantry in rural areas.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART I: Origins -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction -- CHAPTER 2: Who Are the Guerrillas? -- CHAPTER 3: The Social and Political Origins of the Guerrilla Movements -- PART II:Constructing Theory- The Outcomes of the First Wave, 1956-1970 -- CHAPTER 4: Variables and Models -- CHAPTER 5: The Role of Military Power -- CHAPTER 6: The Sources of Peasant Support I: Agrarian Structure and Its Transformations -- CHAPTER 7: The Sources of Peasant Support II: Rebellious Cultures and Social Ties -- CHAPTER 8: Regime Weaknesses and the Emergence of Dual Power -- PART III: Guerrillas and Revolution since 1970-Testing Theories on the Second Wave -- CHAPTER 9: The Origins of the Second Wave -- CHAPTER 10: The Structures of Peasant Support in the Second Wave -- CHAPTER 11: Regime Weaknesses and Revolution in the Second Wave -- CHAPTER 12: Winners, Losers, and Also-Rans: Toward an Integration of Revolutionary Theories -- APPENDIX A: Profiles of Guerrilla Leadership -- APPENDIX B: Social Origins of Guerrilla Leadership: Post-1970 Period -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index