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The Shining Path of Peru

by David Scott Palmer
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Overview

This is the first book in English to provide a truly comprehensive view of Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso ), a major guerilla movement in Peru. Sendero 's Maoist principles first begin in the 1960s with a small band of supporters and no attention from the outside world, but later emerged as the most radical and dogmatic expression of Marxist revolution in the Hemisphere .

Synopsis

This is the first book in English to provide a truly comprehensive view of Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso ), a major guerilla movement in Peru. Sendero 's Maoist principles first begin in the 1960s with a small band of supporters and no attention from the outside world, but later emerged as the most radical and dogmatic expression of Marxist revolution in the Hemisphere .

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A comprehensive view of the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) guerrilla movement in Peru, bringing together 15 scholars, journalists, and development workers from Peru, the US and Europe who, from a variety of perspectives and disciplines, have studied one facet or another of Sendero. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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A comprehensive view of the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) guerrilla movement in Peru, bringing together 15 scholars, journalists, and development workers from Peru, the US and Europe who, from a variety of perspectives and disciplines, have studied one facet or another of Sendero. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
September 1, 1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780312106195

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