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 expl...

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