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Book SynopsisMilitary metaphors have long played a role in framing questions of Marxist political strategy. Most famously, Gramsci articulated much of his social theory in terms of wars of position and wars of manoeuvre. In this work, Daniel Egan argues that previous commentators have viewed the distinction between these two phases of struggle too statically.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: Marxism and the Military Metaphor 2. Gramsci’s Marxism Working Class Organization and Revolutionary Politics Political Relations of Power 3. War of Maneuver and War of Position War as Metaphor Analysis of the Metaphor 4. Marxism and Insurrection Engels and Insurrection Lenin, Trotsky and Insurrection The Communist International and Insurrection The Gramscian Nature of Insurrection 5. Soviet Military Doctrine Creating the Red Army Soviet Military Science: Tactics, Operational Art, Strategy Deep Battle and Gramsci’s War of Position 6 Marxism and Guerrilla Warfare People’s War The Foco The Gramscian Character of Guerrilla Warfare 7. Conclusion: Lessons for Socialist Political Strategy The Dialectic of Position and Maneuver The Gramscian War of Position and Twenty-First Century Socialism References Index
