Title: This is the simply the best book on guerrilla movements.
Product review: If you're interested in recent revolutions and revolutionary movements in Latin America (or elsewhere, for that matter), Wickham-Crowley's book can't be beat. It's a model of clear thinking and writing, and it's amazingly comprehensive in scope. The book condenses a phenomenal amount of research on a dozen major guerrilla movements in Latin American, and presents a compelling analysis as to why only the Cuban and Nicaraguan movements successfully seized power. (Hint: It helps when your enemy is a brutal dictator whom nearly everybody -- including middle- and even upper-class people -- despises.) This book is must reading for anyone interested in contemporary Latin America, guerrillas, or revolutions.
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