On Guerrilla Warfare

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On Guerrilla Warfare is Mao Zedong’s influential military treatise that outlines the theory, strategy, and tactics of protracted guerrilla war as a means for revolutionary struggle.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf book
military treatise
political text
associatedWith Maoist military doctrine
author Mao Zedong
countryOfOrigin China
emphasizes flexibility in operations
mass support
political indoctrination
protracted conflict
use of terrain
focusesOn organization of guerrilla forces
political mobilization
relationship between army and people
strategy
tactics
genre military theory
revolutionary theory
hasEnglishTitle On Guerrilla Warfare
historicalPeriod Chinese Civil War era
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: "Second Sino-Japanese War era"
influenced insurgency doctrines worldwide
revolutionary movements in the 20th century
influencedBy Chinese Communist Party strategy
Marxism–Leninism
keyConcept base areas
enemy rear-area operations
hit-and-run tactics
mobile warfare
strategic defensive
strategic offensive
strategic stalemate
unity of political and military struggle
mainSubject guerrilla warfare
people's war
protracted war
revolutionary struggle
notableFor influence on later Maoist writings on war
systematizing Mao's theory of people's war
originalLanguage Chinese
publicationDate 1937
relatedWork On Protracted War
On Protracted War
surface form: "Problems of Strategy in Guerrilla War Against Japan"
translatedInto English
multiple languages
usedAs manual for guerrilla fighters
reference in counterinsurgency studies
writtenInContextOf Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: "Second Sino-Japanese War"

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On Guerrilla Warfare hasEnglishTitle On Guerrilla Warfare
Mao Zedong notableWork On Guerrilla Warfare
On Protracted War relatedWork On Guerrilla Warfare

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