GUERRILLAS
In: Survival: global politics and strategy, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 15
ISSN: 0039-6338
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In: Survival: global politics and strategy, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 15
ISSN: 0039-6338
In: Foreign affairs, Band 78, Heft 4, S. 150-151
ISSN: 0015-7120
'African Guerrillas,' edited by Christopher Clapham, is reviewed. African Guerrillas, edited by Christopher Clapham, is reviewed.
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 98, Heft 391, S. 271-272
ISSN: 0001-9909
Woodward reviews 'African Guerrillas' edited by Christopher Clapham.
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 98, Heft 391, S. 271-272
ISSN: 1468-2621
In: Foreign affairs: an American quarterly review, Band 78, Heft 4, S. 150
ISSN: 2327-7793
In: American political science review, Band 66, Heft 2, S. 642
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: The Journal of Military History, Band 63, Heft 3, S. 762
In: Military Affairs, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 159
In: Terrorism and political violence, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 380-401
ISSN: 0954-6553
WHILE MOST SCHOLARS AND POLICY ANALYSTS HAVE LONG FOCUSED ON GUERRILLA WARFARE AS THE PREDOMINANT MODEL OF REVOLUTION, IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN REVOLUTIONS WITHOUT GUERRILLAS THAT HAVE TOPPLED REGIMES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN THE PAST DECADE. THE 1989 POPULAR UPRISINGS IN EASTERN EUROPE THAT MARKED THE END OF MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF COMMUNIST RULE WERE ONLY THE LATEST MANIFESTATION OF A TREND THAT HAD SEEN GOVERNMENTS FALL FROM IRAN TO THE PHILIPPINES. AMONG THE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL INSURGENCIES AND THE GROWING PHENOMENON OF REVOLUTIONS WITHOUT GUERRILLAS IN THE SUDDEN AND EXPLOSIVE NATURE OF THE LATTER. WHEREAS IT MAY TAKE AN INSURGENCY YEARS, OR EVEN DECADES, TO REACH A POINT OF 'CRISIS', THEREBY ALLOWING SUFFICIENT TIME TO DESIGN POLICY, SUPPLY WEAPONS, OR CREATE STRATEGIES, IN THIS NEW SITUATION GOVERNMENTS CAN BE TOPPLED IN A MATTER OF WEEKS AND COUNTRIES CAN BECOME PARALYZED OVERNIGHT. POPULAR UPRISINGS ALSO TEND TO BE LESS IDEOLOGICAL AND USUALLY LESS VIOLENT THAN GUERRILLA CAMPAIGNS. THIS ARTICLE, WHICH IS A POLICY-ORIENTED STUDY, OUTLINES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS PHENOMENON AND DISCUSSES ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR US INTERESTS IN THE 1990S.
In: Africa research bulletin. Political, social and cultural series, Band 52, Heft 7
ISSN: 1467-825X
In: Africa research bulletin. Political, social and cultural series, Band 52, Heft 7
ISSN: 0001-9844