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Vanguard Revolutionaries in Latin America: Peru, Colombia, Mexico

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A sweeping account of the origins, ideology, and strategy of the most important guerilla organizations in the Americas today. Rochlin draws on neo-Gramscian and post-Modern insights to explain both the structural causes of poverty in Latin America and the epistemic aspect of socio-political instability. He carries out this discussion so as to relate the development of guerilla movements to the absence of ideological hegemony and conflicting systems of thought within particular countries. All-in-all, an excellent, insightful, yet ACCESSIBLE read.

This book was truely a pleasure to read. Not only is it well organized and clearly written but the author shows how under-rated the revolutionary situation in latin america is. Do yourself a favor and read this.

This book provides an excellent analytical account of guerrilla groups in Colombia, Mexico and Peru. It relies on the works of classic strategists and some post-modern thinkers. It is very accessible yet profound.