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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
244
Utgivningsdatum
2016-11-09
Förlag
Routledge
Dimensioner
234 x 156 x 19 mm
Vikt
362 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781138898349

People's War

The Conditions and the Consequences in China and in South East Asia

av J L S Girling
Häftad,  Engelska, 2016-11-09
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This book, first published in 1969, casts a critical eye over the problem of insurgency. The author sees insurgency not just as a matter of technique military tactics or organizational skill nor as the result of force and fraud, but as peoples war: the conditions in which the mass of the people become involved, voluntarily or otherwise, on either side. He quotes Nasutions statement, The guerrilla movement is only the result, not the cause of the problem. Peoples war brings the peasantry, hitherto ignorant, apathetic or rejected, into the political process. For war is the continuation of politics by other means. In Asia this was essentially a peasants war, arising when peasant grievances, interests or demands cannot be met under the existing legitimate but urban or landowner-orientated system of rule. It shows little understanding to blame outside intervention when peasant and nationalist unrest leads to revolt. The Chinese Communists did not owe success to Soviet aid, the Vietminh to Chinese assistance or the Vietcong to North Vietnamese intervention. The conclusion applies to governments as to insurgents: no amount of outside aid can win the war for them if they themselves are incapable and the people on whom they depend for support have no will to fight. This book, based on first-hand experience of the area and on study of original sources, offers (1) an analysis of peoples war in China, Indochina and Vietnam, (2) a critique of US policy in Laos and Vietnam and (3) a comparison with counter-measures in Malaya, the Philippines and Indonesia. It is both original and constructive.
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J.L.S. Girling

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Scene. Revolution and Intervention in South East Asia 1.1. Communist Revolts: 1948 1.2. Sino-Soviet Dispute: (Peoples) War and Peace 1.3. US Reaction: the Vietnam Commitment 1.4. Indonesia Reversal: New Balance of Power? 1.5. Domino-Land 2. The Model. China: Conditions for Success 2.1. Peasant Revolt: Maos Separate Course 2.2. Protracted War 2.3. National Appeal 2.4. Downfall of the Regime 3. Success. Struggle for Vietnam 3.1. August Insurrection 3.2. Resistance War 3.3. Unity and Organization 3.4. Vietminh-Vietcong 4. Failure 4.1. China in Maphilindo 4.2. Lessons from Malaya and the Philippines 4.3. Indonesian Exception 4.4. United States in Indochina 4.5. Post-War Policy 4.6. Confusion in Laos 4.7. Backing into Vietnam 4.8. Peace and the Tet Offensive

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