Guerrilla Warfare Summary
Che Guevara

Guerrilla Warfare Summary

Guerilla Warfare is a manual written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara to instruct the reader in the proper method to wage a guerilla war against a non-communist regime. Che discusses all of the main aspects of guerilla warfare in this text and tries to take his experience in Cuba and then to generalize from that experience to gather general principles that he can impart to the would-be revolutionary.

The book is divided into three chapters each with several sub-sections. The first chapter focuses on the general principles of guerilla warfare including an abstract discussion of the social role of the guerilla fighter and the role he plays in the global communist revolution. In this chapter Che discusses the general strategies and tactics that the guerilla will employ as well as a discussion of the types of territory that will be more or less favorable to... View more of the Guerrilla Warfare Summary