Título: MODERN GUERRILLA WARFARE: FIGHTING COMMUNIST GUERRILLA MOVEMENTS, 1941—1961
Autor: OSANKA, FRANKLIN MARK
Año: 1962
Género: TÁCTICA Y ESTRATEGIA MILITAR
Formato: PDF
There seem to be two kinds of writers dealing with guerrilla fighting and unconventional warfare: (1) Those who have knowledge of the subject, and (2) those who try to give the impression that they have knowledge of the subject. Mr. Osanka is in the fijrst category. He has produced the best symposium on the subject in the English language since World War II. One may infer that the author held a rifle in his hand, at one time or another, and sweated under the burden of full combat gear. Such background, combined with academic training, seems to have resulted in a sense of discrimination in assembling the material. Consequently, the book has practical value for policy makers and at the same time provides some useful data for theory building.
The author selected thirty-seven contributions (the stress is on "first hand" experience) dealing with guerrilla fighting and assembled them into a meaningful spectrum on three problems. Part 1 reviews guerrilla warfare in terms of its application, conceptual changes and strategy. Part 2, and I feel the most comprehensive, deals with geographic areas where guerrilla fighting has taken place. He describes the theoretical precepts, problems, aims, tactics, and achievements, of Communist guerrillas in the Soviet Union, Communist China, the Philippines–World War II, Greece–Post World War II, Laos, Malaya and Viet Nam–Post World War II, the Cuban Revolution, and Algeria. In Part 3 practitioners and theoreticians submit their ideas for discussion of “Counter-guerrilla Procedures and Policies”. Let me call special attention to the section «La Guerra de Guerrillas» written by Ernesto “Che” Guevara of Cuba, pp. 336-375. This is a classic on the subject.
The comprehensive bibliography of over 600 items includes relevant United States Armed Forces Manuals and special works prepared by Johns Hopkins University, Operations Research Office. In addition, there is a list of supplementary sources at the end of each chapter that are not repeated in the bibliography. The format, print, and organization of the contents and index bring credit to the author, as well as the publisher.
—J. K. Zawodny, University of Pennsylvania, 1963.
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