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How far did Fidel Castro and his band of Cuban revolutionaries represent anybody except themselves? Why was Mao Tse-tung such a formidable force in China and Che Guevara such a futile failure in Bolivia? Do peasants ever voluntarily support revolution? What conditions so many Western intellectuals to swallow lies and myths and propagate communist imperialism?
Such questions as these and the effects of outside aid, active propaganda, and the posture of 'alternative government' - are discussed here by a historian who has made a special study of rural guerrilla war. Geoffrey Fairbairn's approach is innocent of the sentimental credulity which has draped a pink fog around the personalities, aims and terrorist actions of guerrillas. His well- documented book, which covers China, Malaya, Indo-China, Cuba and several other areas, should appeal to anyone who is not a self-condemned prisoner of his own prejudices.
ISBN:0140216642
