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by Mao Tse-tung (Author)
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  • File Size: 1252 KB
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  • Publisher: praetorian-press.com (January 1, 1937)
  • Publication Date: January 1, 1937
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004NIFWNU
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5.0 out of 5 starsLearn from the master
By Bibliophile on June 10, 2004
Format: Paperback
I think Mao intended this essay to be another one of his theoretical Marxist works (Mao thought of himself as a first-class Marxist theoretician). But without question it also served as an instruction manual for his ragtag Red Army while fighting among the tortuous terrain in northwestern China, in part against Japan, in part against Chiang. Considering his success as a practitioner of guerrilla warfare, one would have to be insane to ignore this work.

I'm struck how short that chapter is on guerrilla wars in history. Mao was widely read in Chinese and world history and it would have been his style to display this knowledge in a work like this had he chosen to do so.

Perhaps Americans should not think of themselves as only at the receiving end of guerrillas. Washington learned this kind of fighting during the French and Indian Wars, and he put some of this experience to good use against a British army better armed, better trained, and greater in numbers than the Continentals. He exploited geography, made surprise raids, used mobility and patience to wear out the red coats - all hallmarks of guerrillas. The all-important Battle of Trenton was such kind of unconventional warfare: an Indian raid, essentially. But it sure got results. Regular or conventional battles like Yorktown only came later, when British impatience was at the breaking point. As Franklin had predicted, the British could and did occupy all the towns - including Philadelphia, New York, and Charleston - up and down the eastern coast but they could not hold onto them. (The comparison with Iraq is irresistible. The redcoats never numbered more than 30,000 or so men, fighting among 2.5 million American civilians.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsNothing secret
By C. Minnick on March 18, 2004
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I read this in high school in the late 1980s and asked myself, "Why wasn't this mandatory reading at West Point in the late 1950s and 1960s?"
This book, in conjunction with Ho Chi Min's writings on the use of guerrilla warfare, is the absolute basic understanding of the Viet Nam War from back BEFORE the French Foreign Legion were fighting for their colony. EVERYTHING, and I do mean EVERYTHING, in this book is used in the fight against the French right up to Dien Bien Phue, and continued up until the fall of Saigon in 1975. EVERYTHING. Why did America lose the Viet Nam War? Read this. How could America have been so wrong to back Ho Chi Min, Chaing Chi Chek, and Kim Il Song, in the Second World War? Read this.
You will say, "Wow" many times throughout the book, and in the end you will ask, "When was this first printed? How the bleep could we have been so wrong?"
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4.0 out of 5 starsOn the many facets of guerrilla activity
By Michael J. Mazza HALL OF FAME on April 8, 2005
Format: Paperback
"On Guerrilla Warfare," by Mao Tse-Tung, has been translated into English by Samuel B. Griffith II. Griffith also provides a substantial introduction to the text. The book is written in the context of China's guerrilla war against Japanese occupiers; this conflict is mentioned often by Mao. In this book Mao discusses the differences between guerrilla and "orthodox" military forces, as well as how such forces can work together for a common goal. Other topics covered include propaganda and political concerns, the formation of guerrilla units, the qualities of a good guerrilla officer, discipline in a guerrilla army, and guerrilla bases.

Mao stresses the importance of speed, surprise, and initiative in guerrilla war. Among the most interesting sections of the book is a code of conduct for guerrilla fighters. Most of the book is fairly dry and matter-of-fact, but there are welcome flashes of passion, poetic imagery, and global vision that make this more than just a textbook. Translator Griffith notes that Mao's text was first published in 1937. Despite the passage of time, I believe that this is still a relevant text, and I recommend it in particular to all professional military personnel.
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3.0 out of 5 starsA manual on the kind of war that defined the 20th century
By Solari on February 12, 2016
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On Guerrilla Warfare was one of the books left by Chinese leader Mao-Tse Tung, but unlike his more famous Red Book, this one is dedicated entirely to military strategy. This was a difficult book to rate and review, because I liked reading the foreword by Samuel B. Griffith, who translated the book in the 40s, more than On Guerrilla Warfare itself.

After atomic weapons came along, conventional warfare became a lot costlier to nuclear nations. This made guerrilla the kind of “low key” conflict that defined the 20th century, and promises to continue to shape the 21th. What the preface shows is how guerrilla it is a lot more powerful that one may think.

“It is often said that guerrilla warfare is primitive. This generalization is dangerously misleading and true only in the technological sense. If one considers the picture as a whole, a paradox is immediately apparent, and the primitive form is understood to be in fact more sophisticated than nuclear war or atomic war or war as it was waged by conventional armies, navies, and air forces. Guerrilla war is not dependent for success on the efficient operation of complex mechanical devices, highly organized logistical systems, or the accuracy of electronic computers. It can be conducted in any terrain, in any climate, in any weather; in swamps, in mountains, in farmed fields. Its basic element is man, and man is more complex than any of his machines. He is endowed with intelligence, emotions, and will. Guerrilla warfare is therefore suffused with, and reflects, man’s admirable qualities as well as his less pleasant ones. While it is not always humane, it is human, which is more than can be said for the strategy of extinction.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsDry though interesting.

Great book for people into military history but extremely dry.

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Published 3 months ago by Bw Schulz
3.0 out of 5 starsHe was a good general and liberator

I was surprised by the attractive ideology of fightinh for freedom in Mao's thought (through geurrilla warfare), but what Mao did to China is a crime against humanity. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Dstreymr
4.0 out of 5 starsVery Early Writings by Chairman Mao

This is really a pamphlet, but it covers the basics.
Most of the differences between Maoist thought and classical Marxism
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Published 4 months ago by D. Chapman
5.0 out of 5 starsWell written book!

This book showcased Mao's skill in military strategem.. His second best work after the little red book!

Published 7 months ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat book!

I really admire the courage of this man.. from driving the Kuomintangs out of China, to winning the hearts of CHINA! Great book!

Published 8 months ago by tonya
5.0 out of 5 starsA military classic

This book was written by Mao Zedong (1893-1976) in 1937, as he was waging a guerrilla war against the occupying army of Imperial Japan. Read more

Published 8 months ago by The Reviewer Formerly Known as Kurt Johnson
5.0 out of 5 starsIt's the bible of the red army.. written ...

It's the bible of the red army.. written by a strategist-turned father of modern china! down to US imperialism! guerilla warfare is the key!

Published 9 months ago by Celvin John Macayana

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