Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World

by JonLeeAnderson (Author)

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  2013

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  Prior to gaining international renown for his definitive biography of Che Guevara and his firsthand reports on the war in Iraq in the acclaimed THE FALL OF BAGHDAD, Jon Lee Anderson wrote GUERRILLAS, a daring on-the-ground account of five diverse insurgent movements around the world: the mujahedin of Afghanistan, the FMLN of El Salvador, the Karen of Burma, the Polisario of Western Sahara, and a group of young Palestines fighting against Israel in the Gaza Strip. Making the most of unprecedented, direct access to his subjects, Anderson combines powerful storytelling with a balanced, penetrating analysis of each situation. A work of phenomenal range, analytical acuity, and human empathy, GUERRILLAS amply demonstrates why Jon Lee Anderson is one of our most important chroniclers of societies in crisis.

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  1994

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  Through their acts of bloody daring and sacrifice, guerrillas have come to dominate events in much of today's world. Passionate, defiant and idealistic, they are almost mystical figures, inspiring the young while filling their enemies with hatred and fear. In this book Jon Lee Anderson takes us into the lives of these people. The phenomenon of the guerrilla is a striking feature of 20th-century politics: in their world, lovers marry, children are indoctrinated and everyone old enough to lift one, carries a gun. Jon Lee Anderson is the first journalist to be granted access into many of these complex societies and to their well-guarded guerrilla leaders.

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  Hardcover
  1993

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  When Yasir Arafat took the podium at the United Nations wearing his traditional headdress and a pistol in his belt it was a symbolic coup for the PLO. More importantly, it signalled recognition of the guerrilla fighter as a major factor in international politics. Today, guerrilla warfare has become endemic throughout the world. In theatres from Northern Ireland to Sri Lanka, from Spain to the Sudan, from Nicaragua to Angola small bands of men and women fight the forces of the establishment in a desperate struggle for survival. Based on travels to the war fronts where guerrillas live and die, this book explores their lives and thoughts. It is a world where everyone carries arms, a world which has developed a complex social structure and ethical code in the absence of political solutions. The author has travelled widely amongst the warrior tribes, risking much to get close to these enigmatic fighters who live their lives in the midst of death. In many areas he is the first Westerner to have been granted access to the well-guarded guerrilla leaders.

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  2013

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  Prior to gaining international renown for his definitive biography of Che Guevara and his firsthand reports on the war in Iraq in the acclaimed THE FALL OF BAGHDAD, Jon Lee Anderson wrote GUERRILLAS, a daring on-the-ground account of five diverse insurgent movements around the world: the mujahedin of Afghanistan, the FMLN of El Salvador, the Karen of Burma, the Polisario of Western Sahara, and a group of young Palestines fighting against Israel in the Gaza Strip. Making the most of unprecedented, direct access to his subjects, Anderson combines powerful storytelling with a balanced, penetrating analysis of each situation. A work of phenomenal range, analytical acuity, and human empathy, GUERRILLAS amply demonstrates why Jon Lee Anderson is one of our most important chroniclers of societies in crisis.