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Dispatches From the People's War in Nepal (Paperback)
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Dispatches From the People's War in Nepal (Paperback)
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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 of this Himalayan country. Allowed
unprecedented access, she interviewed political and military
leaders, guerrilla fighters, villagers in areas under Maoist
control, and relatives of those killed by government forces.
Dispatches provides invaluable analysis of the roots of an
insurgency that is now on the threshold of seizing power. As
journal and photo-essay, the book gives a vivid, first-hand look at
the social and economic conditions that have fueled this revolution
and allows readers to meet some of the key people involved.
desperate measures. Women recount how they defied relatives, fled
arranged marriages, and broke with social taboos to join the
people's army. Guerrilla commanders and fighters fresh from
military encounters discuss strategy and tactics. Millions of
people now live in areas in Nepal under guerrilla control, where
peasants are running grass-roots institutions, exercising what they
call new 'people's power'. Dispatches 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. military
support to the counter-insurgency efforts of the Nepalese regime
and Onesto analyzes this developing in the larger international
situation and the US 'war on terrorism'.
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