Strategy And Tactics Of The Salvadoran Fmln Guerrillas

Author : Gustavo Perdomo,David E. Spencer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313022012

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Strategy and Tactics of the Salvadoran FMLN Guerrillas by Gustavo Perdomo,David E. Spencer Pdf

This book examines the military organization, strategy, and tactics of the Salvadoran FMLN guerrillas during their efforts to overthrow the government. It is largely based on the authors' personal collections of guerrilla documents captured in the war, interviews with former and captured guerrillas, and personal combat experience during one of the fiercest wars fought in the Western hemisphere in the 20th century. The book describes the guerrilla tactics from a technical point of view, and their evolution during the war in El Salvador. It includes discussions of such tactical concepts as concentration and deconcentration, urban combat, anti-air defense, the use of mines, and homemade weapons. It contains a chapter on the FMLN special forces—they were responsible for most of the spectacular attacks of the war—and it examines the sophisticated logistical system of the FMLN that made the prolonged war possible. Wherever possible, these concepts are illustrated by actual combat experiences from sources on both sides of the conflict. An important text for all concerned with guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency. Latin Americanists and students of the developing world will also find much of interest.

Author : David E. Spencer
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173005186931

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From Vietnam to El Salvador by David E. Spencer Pdf

Spencer provides a history of the FMLN guerrilla special forces—known collectively by the acronym FES—in El Salvador. Trained in Cuba and Vietnam and utilizing techniques taken from the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army, the FES terrorized the armed forces of El Salvador from 1981 to 1992. After reviewing their training, Spencer examines the major operations of the special forces and gives an in-depth discussion of their tactics and methods. He concludes with a look at the special forces groups in other Latin American countries. After reviewing their training, Spencer looks at the major operations of the special forces groups of three of the guerrilla factions—the FPL, ERP, and FAL—and provides an in-depth discussion of their major operation tactics and methods. He concludes with a look at the special forces groups in Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico. This thorough examination of an often misunderstood approach to guerrilla warfare will be of great interest to researchers involved with contemporary low-intensity warfare and Latin American affairs.

Author : Jocelyn Viterna
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199843640

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Women in War by Jocelyn Viterna Pdf

Waging war has historically been an almost exclusively male endeavor, yet over the past several decades women have joined insurgent armies in significant and surprising numbers. Why do women become guerrilla insurgents? What experiences do they have in guerrilla armies? And what are the long-term repercussions of this participation for the women themselves and the societies in which they live? Women in War answers these questions while providing a rare look at guerrilla life from the viewpoint of rank-and-file participants. Using data from 230 in-depth interviews with men and women guerrillas, guerrilla supporters, and non-participants in rural El Salvador, Women in War investigates why some women were able to channel their wartime actions into post-war gains, and how those patterns differ from the benefits that accrued to men. By accounting for these variations, Women in War helps resolve current, polarized debates about the effects of war on women, and by extension, develops our nascent understanding of the effects of women combatants on warfare, political violence, and gender systems. In the process, Women in War also develops a new model for investigating micro-level mobilization processes that has applications to many movement settings. Micro-level mobilization processes are often ignored in the social movement literature in favor of more macro- and meso-level analyses. Yet individuals who share the same macro-level context, and who are embedded in the same meso-level networks, often have strikingly different mobilization experiences. Only a portion are ever moved to activism, and those who do mobilize vary according to which paths they follow to mobilization, what skills and social ties they forge through participation, and whether they continue their political activism after the movement ends. By examining these individual-level variations, a micro-level theory of mobilization can extend the findings of macro- and meso-level analyses, and improve our understanding of how social movements begin, why they endure, and whether they change the societies they target.

Author : Max G. Manwaring,Court E. Prisk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : El Salvador
ISBN : UOM:39015020630128

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El Salvador at War by Max G. Manwaring,Court E. Prisk Pdf

Author : Steven Metz
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : 9781428914292

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Counterinsurgency by Steven Metz Pdf

Dr. Steven Metz argues that the way the Department of Defense and U.S. military spend the time when counterinsurgency support is not an important part of American national security strategy determines how quickly and easily they react when policymakers commit the nation to such activity. If analysis and debate continues, at least at a low level, the military is better prepared for the reconstitution of capabilities. If it ignores global developments in insurgency and counterinsurgency, the reconstitution of capabilities would be more difficult.

Author : J. Michael Waller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015022034220

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The Third Current of Revolution by J. Michael Waller Pdf

A new aspect of low-intensity conflict can be seen today in El Salvador, where the decade-long insurgency appears able to continue without aid from traditional sources in Cuba and East Europe. The Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) made its debut in 1980, but not before a private support network was established in the U.S. and other western countries to provide funds and political support for its struggle to overthrow the Salvadoran government. The FMLN is the most sophisticated guerrilla force in Latin American history. Raising millions of dollars, the FMLN relies on a well-oiled propaganda machine run by American supporters to pressure Congress to weaken the Salvadoran government. Utilizing front groups, churches, and public figures, the FMLN's private network has stymied policymakers in Washington and San Salvador. This book illuminates this new dimension of low-intensity conflict that will confound the U.S. and its allies in the decade to come.

Author : Max G. Manwaring,Court Prisk
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : El Salvador
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173008404744

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A Strategic View of Insurgencies by Max G. Manwaring,Court Prisk Pdf

Author : Carlos Henriquez Consalvi
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292782532

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Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador by Carlos Henriquez Consalvi Pdf

During the 1980s war in El Salvador, Radio Venceremos was the main news outlet for the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), the guerrilla organization that challenged the government. The broadcast provided a vital link between combatants in the mountains and the outside world, as well as an alternative to mainstream media reporting. In this first-person account, "Santiago," the legend behind Radio Venceremos, tells the story of the early years of that conflict, a rebellion of poor peasants against the Salvadoran government and its benefactor, the United States. Originally published as La Terquedad del Izote, this memoir also addresses the broader story of a nationwide rebellion and its international context, particularly the intensifying Cold War and heavy U.S. involvement in it under President Reagan. By the war's end in 1992, more than 75,000 were dead and 350,000 wounded—in a country the size of Massachusetts. Although outnumbered and outfinanced, the rebels fought the Salvadoran Army to a draw and brought enough bargaining power to the negotiating table to achieve some of their key objectives, including democratic reforms and an overhaul of the security forces. Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador is a riveting account from the rebels' point of view that lends immediacy to the Salvadoran conflict. It should appeal to all who are interested in historic memory and human rights, U.S. policy toward Central America, and the role the media can play in wartime.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Guerrilla warfare
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050652051

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Casebook on Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare by Anonim Pdf

Author : Miguel Castellanos
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1991-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017229146

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The Comandante Speaks by Miguel Castellanos Pdf

Author : Russell Crandall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107134591

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The Salvador Option by Russell Crandall Pdf

This book offers a thorough and fair-minded interpretation of the role of the United States in El Salvador's civil war.

Author : Effen Cooper
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781300635437

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From the Shadows of Guazapa by Effen Cooper Pdf

From the Shadows of Guazapa is a novella of triumph over tragedy. It is comprised of three stories; The Landmine serves as prologue to The Painter, and the two as prologue to The Gateway. The novella is set in assorted locales within a twenty mile radius in central El Salvador and explores themes endemic to El Salvador, and to all of humanity: the true cost of civil war, coming of age, struggles of will, acts of redemption, the power of art to reveal the nature of souls, and the strength of the human spirit to overcome adversity with focused determination. Through the purification of spirit the protagonist achieves by virtue of her painting and artistic mindset, a catharsis for a tragic and conflicted nation is provided.

Author : Che Guevara
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Guerrilla warfare
ISBN : 0842026789

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Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara Pdf

Che Guevara, the larger-than-life hero of the 1959 revolutionary victory that overturned the Cuban dictatorship, believed that revolution would also topple the imperialist governments in Latin America. Che's call to action, his proclamation of "invincibility"-the ultimate victory of revolutionary forces-continues to influence the course of Latin American history and international relations. His amazing life story has lifted him to almost legendary status. This edition of Che's classic work Guerrilla Warfare contains the text of his book, as well as two later essays titled "Guerrilla Warfare: A Method" and "Message to the Tricontinental." A detailed introduction by Brian Loveman and Thomas M. Davies, Jr., examines Guevara's text, his life and political impact, the situation in Latin America, and the United States' response to Che and to events in Latin America. Loveman and Davies also provide in-depth case studies that apply Che's theories on revolution to political situations in seven Latin American countries from the 1960s to the present. Also included are political chronologies of each country discussed in the case studies and a postscript tying the analyses together. This book will help students gain a better understanding of Che's theoretical contribution to revolutionary literature and the inspiration that his life and Guerrilla Warfare have provided to revolutionaries since the 1960s. This volume is an invaluable addition to courses in Latin American studies and political science.

Author : Morten Bergsmo,Alf Butenschøn Skre,Elisabeth J. Wood
Publisher : Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788293081296

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Understanding and Proving International Sex Crimes by Morten Bergsmo,Alf Butenschøn Skre,Elisabeth J. Wood Pdf

"[This anthology] addresses the gap betwen international standard-setting prohibiting international sex crimes and actual accountability for individuals who are responsible for such crimes. The book provides detailed analysis of the legal requirements of international sex crimes and types of fact that can be used to meet these requirements. It includes a unique knowledge-base that digests international case law on such crimes. The anthology also contains several studies of institutional and evidentiary challenges in the prosecution of international sex crimes"--Series pref.

Author : Joel J. Blaxland
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030381851

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Insurgency Prewar Preparation and Intrastate Conflict by Joel J. Blaxland Pdf

This book provides a new approach to explaining prolonged rebellions and insurgent wars, as well as a more nuanced and multi-faceted account of the entire lifespans of rebel and insurgent groups. Since 1945, rebel and insurgent groups have increasingly dragged larger, better funded, and ostensibly militarily superior regimes into protracted intrastate conflicts. This book demonstrates how they were able to endure the hardships of warfare thanks to decisions made before the conflict erupted––a period of time the author refers to as “incubation.” Using case studies on Latin American insurgencies, the author demonstrates that their capacity to endure was directly associated with both the length and quality of each group’s prewar preparations.