Sendero Luminoso: A Failed Revolution in Peru?

Abstract

The study examines the impact of a rural-based revolutionary movement on a democracy using Peru as the case study. The thesis of the research is that the Sendero Luminoso has been strategically defeated in Peru despite the fact the conditions for insurgency remain. Peru has been the battleground for a bloody and violent internal revolution for the past two decades. With Peru's history of military dominance and coup d' etat, widespread poverty, and an ethnically divided population, a breeding ground was ripe for revolution. One revolutionary movement has continuously fought the ruling democratic governments in Lima since 1980. The Partido Comunista del Peru en el Sendero Luminoso de Mariategui - Communist Party of Peru in the Shining Path of Mariategui is a rural-based guerrilla movement seeking to overthrow the ruling government in Lima. The United States Department of State has classified the Sendero as the most violent, vindictive, and elusive terrorist organization in the Western Hemisphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 24, 1998
Accession Number
ADA341215

Entities

People

  • Gerald N. Vevon Jr

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Economic Systems
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Human Rights
  • Insurgency
  • Latin America
  • New York
  • Political Systems
  • Social Problems
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • War Colleges

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  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.