Guerrilla Warfare is a book by Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara that was written right after the Cuban Revolution and published in 1961.

Guevara intended it to be a manual on guerrilla warfare, elaborating the foco theory (foquismo) for other revolutionary movements in Latin America, Africa and Asia, but the book was also studied by counter-revolutionary military schools.

While many draw parallels with Mao's "On Guerrilla Warfare Guevara", he claimed he had not read the book, the book draws on the lessons of fighting during the Cuban Revolutionary War which in turn were informed by two books from the Spanish Civil War, Nuevas guerras and Medicina contra invasión, stressing the need for an underpinning political motivation to guerrilla methods, organization and supply.

However, Guevara emphasizes that guerrilla warfare is a favorable method only against totalitarian regimes, (such as the revolutionary war against the Batista dictatorship in Cuba), where political opposition and legal civil struggle is impossible to conduct.

Guevara dedicated the book to his recently deceased comrade Camilo Cienfuegos, "who should have read and corrected it, but whose fate prevented him from carrying out the task".

Table of contents:

CHAPTER I: General Principles of Guerrilla Warfare

• 1 Essence of Guerrilla Warfare
• 2 Guerrilla Strategy
• 4 Guerrilla Tactics
• 5 Warfare on Favorable Ground
• 6 Suburban Warfare

CHAPTER II: The Guerrilla Band

• 1 Guerilla Fighter: Social Reformer
• 2 Guerilla Fighter as Combatant
• 3 Organization of a Guerrilla Band
• 5 Beginning, Development, And End Of A Guerilla War

CHAPTER III: Organization Of A Guerilla Front

• 1 Supply
• 2 Civil Organization
• 3 The Role of a Woman
• 4 Medical Problems
• 5 Sabotage
• 6 War Industry
• 7 Propaganda
• 8 Intelligence
• 9 Training and Indoctrination
• 10 The Organization of The Army of a Revolutionary Movement

APPENDICES

• 1 Organization in Secret of the First Guerrilla Band
• 2 Defense of Power That Has Been Won

Epilogue

• 1 Analysis of Cuban Situation, Its Present and Its Future

Together, these manuals outline a generic threat force that can cover the entire spectrum of military capabilities against, which the Army Special Forces must train to ensure success in any future conflict.

This manual is part of the TC 31–93 series that describes a contemporary Threat Force, that exists for the purpose of training U.S. Special Operations Forces for potential combat operations. This manual also describes paramilitary forces that, unlike a State’s internal security forces, are not part of a government structure. These include insurgents, terrorists, large–scale drug and criminal organizations, and private security organizations. They may operate independently or become affiliated with the State’s military or paramilitary forces.

This manual also deals with other, nonmilitary entities that are not part of a government and fall under the category of non-combatants. These non-government, non-military elements may include multinational corporations, international humanitarian relief organizations, media, small drug and criminal elements, and other civilians on the battlefield.

When a major extra-regional power, such as the United States, becomes involved in a region, it may have to deal with any or all of these types of paramilitary and non-military elements. It might encounter these elements individually or, more likely, in combination with other such elements or with the military forces of a regional power. Whether these elements operate in concert or independently, they are an important part of the contemporary operational environment (COE).

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The purpose of this book is to introduce the guerrilla student to the psychological operations techniques that will be of immediate and practical value to him in guerrilla warfare.

The first section is introductory and general; subsequent sections will cover each point set forth here in more detail.

The nature of the environment of guerrilla warfare does not permit sophisticated psychological operations, and it becomes necessary for the chiefs of groups, chiefs of detachments and squadron leaders to have the ability to carry out, with minimal instructions from the higher levels, psychological action operations with the contacts that are thoroughly aware of the situation, i.e. the foundations.

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A highly informative read for anyone interested in guerrilla training.

Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time.

The Art of War is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the world. It is the first and one of the most successful works on strategy and has had a huge influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, and beyond.

Sun Tzu was the first to recognize the U and that position is affected both by objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive actors in that environment. He taught that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through a to–do list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a competitive environment, competing plans collide, creating unexpected situations.

The planning of Operation Desert Storm. Leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong, General Vo Nguyen Giap, and General Douglas MacArthur have claimed to have drawn inspiration from the work.

This is the original basic text of The Art Of War as originally written by Sun Tzu with no commentary, in English.

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The requirements for a counter insurgency strategy are then described together with the appropriate guidelines and planning requirements for subsequent operations.

This publication follows closely the thrust, direction and sequence of the outline given in ADP Operations, enlarging and developing the points made for application at the strategic and operational levels of conflict.

The first portion describes what insurgencies are, the historical development of revolutions and insurgencies into the twentieth century and some of their associated characteristics. It then analyses the conduct of an insurgency; how it functions and operates, and the sort of tactics that may be used to prosecute the aims of an insurgency. It concludes with an outline of the position of insurgency in society today.

The second portion deals with the issues of countering insurgency at the strategic and operational level. The first five chapters cover aspects of the law, the principles of counter insurgency, a concept of operations and the coordination of a plan of action by a government at the strategic level. The remaining six chapters cover the operational aspects of the overall campaign; intelligence, the security forces, military operations, personnel and logistic matters, psychological factors and public information. It concludes with a section on civil affairs.

In the past many terms have been used to describe those opposing the established authorities, terms such as guerrilla, revolutionary, terrorist, dissident, rebel, partisan, native and enemy all spring to mind. In order to keep consistency throughout this publication the term insurgent has been used to describe those taking part in any activity designed to undermine or to overthrow the established authorities.

To help the reader further, some definitions for various terms used in a counter insurgency context as well as a bibliography for the general reader are recorded at the end.

The focus of the current doctrine is on conducting combat operations in rural environments.

The material available on urban environments is defined in broad terms primarily focused on the larger picture of unconventional warfare. Some considerations and characteristics of urban tactical operations are addressed but are so general they could be applied to a conventional infantry unit as easily as to a guerrilla force. Additionally, Special Forces guerrilla warfare doctrine has focused on its conduct in a rural environment as historically, most guerrilla movements have formed, operated, and been supported outside of the cities.

An informative read on urban combat.

How to Start and Train a Militia Unit, takes a prospective militia leader from the initial planning process right through to completing missions. Covering details on the many tactical and strategic elements of operating a militia and no element is negated.

An essential guide for any enthusiast.

Fleet Marine Force Reference Publication (FMFRP) 12–18,Mao Tse–tung on Guerrilla Warfare, is published to ensure the retention and dissemination of useful information, which is not intended to become doctrine or to be published in Fleet Marine Force manuals.

This reference publication is Mao Tse–Tung's thoughts and philosophy of guerrilla warfare. It gives the reader a chance to learn about this type of warfare from one who lived and fought as a guerrilla for most of his adult life.

It is important to understand his philosophy of guerrilla warfare because it is the basis of today’s guerrilla forces.

Learn everything there is to know about instigating revolution using guerrilla tactics.

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Detailed in this famous book:

• A Definition of the Urban Guerrilla
• Personal Qualities of the Urban Guerrilla
• How the Urban Guerrilla Lives
• Technical Preparation of the Urban Guerrilla
• The Urban Guerrilla's Weapons
• The Shot– The Urban Guerrilla's Reason for Existence
• The Firing Group
• The Logistics of the Urban Guerrilla
• Characteristics of the Urban Guerrilla
• The Initial Advantages of the Urban Guerrilla
• Objectives of the Guerrilla’s Actions
• On the Types and Nature of Missions for the Urban Guerrilla
• How to Carry Out the Action
• Some Observations on Tactics
• Rescue of the Wounded
• Guerrilla Security
• The Seven Sins of the Urban Guerrilla
• Popular Support