From the Sierra to the Cities: The Urban Campaign of the Shining Path

Abstract

This report describes the Shining Path's urban campaign against the government of Peru. The study is founded on a data-based assessment of the war, the author's travels in Peru, and interviews with members of the Peruvian security establishment now engaged against the Shining Path. It was carried out as part of a larger project, "Andean Futures: A Comparative Political, Economic, and Security Assessment," sponsored by the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA596081

Entities

People

  • Gordon H. Mccormick

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Health Services
  • Human Intelligence
  • Insurgency
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Urban Areas

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