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The Myth of Mao Zedong and Modern Insurgency (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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The Myth of Mao Zedong and Modern Insurgency (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Tackling one of the most prevalent myths about insurgencies, this
book examines and rebuts the popular belief that Mao Zedong created
a fundamentally new form of warfare that transformed the nature of
modern insurgency. The labeling of an insurgent enemy as using
"Maoist Warfare" has been a common phenomenon since Mao's victory
over the Guomindang in 1949, from Malaya and Vietnam during the
Cold War to Afghanistan and Syria today. Yet, this practice is
heavily flawed. This book argues that Mao did not invent a new
breed of insurgency, failed to produce a coherent vision of how
insurgencies should be fought, and was not influential in his
impact upon subsequent insurgencies. Consequently, Mao's writings
cannot be used to generate meaningful insights for understanding
those insurgencies that came after him. This means that scholars
and policymakers should stop using Mao as a tool for understanding
insurgencies and as a straw man against whom to target
counterinsurgency strategies.
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