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Book SynopsisLively and enlightening presentation of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, educating people on the real state of affairs behind the "People's War".
Trade Review'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
'Probably the best, if not only, account of how the Maoists built their organisation and movement, and of how they operate and govern' -- Stephen Mikesell, author of Class, State and Struggle in Nepal: Writings 1989-1995
'This is a lively, exciting and enlightening presentation of the true portrait of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal' -- Padma Ratna Tuladhar, independent left leader, senior human rights leader and one of the facilitators in the peace talks between His Majesty’s Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Map
Preface:1996-2004: Eight Years of People’s War in Nepal
Introduction
1. Meeting the People’s Army
2. Villages of Resistance
3. The Raid on Bethan
4. Rifles and a Vision
5. Revolutionary Work in the City
6. General Strike in Kathmandu
Carrying the Story Forward: The Problem of Disinformation
7. Land in the Middle
8. Hope of the Hopeless in Gorkha
9. Preparing the Ground in the West
10. Learning Warfare by Waging Warfare in the West
Carrying the Story Forward: Revolutionary Policies
11. People’s Power in Rolpa
12. Guns, Drums, and Keyboards
13. Teachers in a School of War
Carrying the Story Forward: Children in the War Zone
14. Martyrs of Rolpa
15. Families of Martyrs: Turning Grief into Strength
Carrying the Story Forward: The Rising Death Toll
16. Women Warriors
17. New Women, New People’s Power
Carrying the Story Forward: The Fight for Women Leaders
18. Magar Liberation
19. Preparing for War in Rukum
20. Starting and Sustaining People’s War in Rukum
21. Camping with the People’s Army
22. Red Salute in the West
Notes
References
Index
