| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Meeting the People's Army -- Villages of resistance -- The raid on Bethan -- Rifles and a vision -- Revolutionary work in the city -- General strike in Kathmandu -- Land in the middle -- Hope of the hopeless in Gorkha -- Preparing the ground in the west -- Learning warfare by waging warfare in the west -- People's power in Rolpa -- Guns, drums, and keyboards -- Teachers in a school of war -- Martyrs of Rolpa -- Families of martyrs : turning grief into strength -- Women warriors -- New women, new people's power -- Magar liberation -- Preparing for war in Rukum -- Starting and sustaining people's war in Rukum -- Camping with the People's Army -- Red salute in the west |
| Summary |
'This unique, intimate look into the People's War in Nepal provides invaluable background to the world's most vigorous Maoist movement, and insight into the theory and practice underlying contemporary Maoism elsewhere in South Asia and globally.'Gary Leupp, Professor of History at Tufts University and Coordinator of the Asian Studies Program 'In her dispatches from the ongoing revolutionary war in Nepal, where she was the first, and longest-staying, foreign journalist to report from the Maoist-held areas, Li Onesto keeps up the committed, conscientious revolutionary journalism of John Reed, George Orwell, and Agnes Smedley. ... Probably the best, if not the only, account of how the Maoists built their organization, and of how they operate and govern.'Stephen Mikesell, author of Class, State and Struggle in Nepal: Writings 1989-1995 'This lively, exciting and enlightening presentation of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal will help people to understand the real state of affairs behind the "People's War";.' Padma Ratna Tuladhar, facilitator in the peace talks in Nepal A Maoist revolution has been raging in Nepal since 1996. In 1999, Li Onesto became the first foreign journalist to travel deep into the guerrilla zones. Allowed unprecedented access, she interviewed political leaders, guerrilla fighters, villagers in areas under Maoist control, and relatives of those killed by government forces. This book is the result of her journey. Illustrated with photographs, it provides an invaluable analysis of the social and economic conditions that have fueled the revolution and profiles some of the key people involved. Millions in Nepal now live in areas under guerrilla control. Peasants are running grass-roots institutions, exercising what they call 'people's power'. Li Onesto describes these transformations -- the establishment of new governing committees and courts, the confiscation and re-division of land, new cultural and social practices, and the emergence of a new outlook. Increasingly, the UK and US have directly intervened to provide political and military support to the counter-insurgency efforts of the Nepalese regime. Onesto analyzes this in the context of the broader international situation and the 'war on terrorism' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 241) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
National liberation movements -- Nepal
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HISTORY.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Economic history
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National liberation movements
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Social conditions
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Partisanenkrieg
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Geschichte 1996-2004.
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Nepal -- History -- Civil War, 1996-2006.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006001083
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Nepal -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Nepal -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
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Nepal
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Nepal
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005276702 |
| ISBN |
9781849642521 |
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1849642524 |
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1281750697 |
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9781281750693 |
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9786611750695 |
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661175069X |
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1435662474 |
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9781435662476 |
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