Guerrilla warfare
Examine the innovations introduced in guerrilla warfare after the death of Guevara.
Che Guevara was an argentine revolutionary who became one of the most influential and revolutionary personality of his time, the twentieth century. He was a Marxist revolutionary who elicited controversial opinions and was considered a defender of the oppressed. Che Guevara has an extensive written legacy which include but not limited to radical Marxist politics, military/ guerilla warfare strategy and social theory among other intellectual writings. The art of guerilla warfare which is considered an irregular warfare involves use of irregular military tactics such as ambushes, raids and sabotages. It also involves striking a vulnerable target when least expected. The guerilla warfare has been in existence since the ancient days where its history originates. Che Guevara made tremendous contributions in the art of guerilla warfare in theory as a means of social revolution. After Guevara’s experiences in Guatemala, Cuba and other parts of the world, Che Guevara was regarded interestingly by both his friends and enemies to be one of the world’s greatest guerilla fighters of the time. He was considered an articulate theorist in the field when he applied he tried to apply his theory in Bolivia. Upon his death in the mountains of Bolivia mixed reactions ensued on both his friends and enemies who loved and hated him respectively. Moreover, the guerilla warfare was never the same again after his death.
The guerilla strategy and tactics have tremendously changed in the sense that they proved to be ineffective in combating a more sophisticated opponent. The guerilla after Che Guevara has adopted various means of combating which include but not limited to adoption of modern strategies in their modes of combat. The guerilla warfare has further involved a number of great leadership qualities alongside its operations and further on mobilized the political support to aid it in its quest. Moreover, it has included diversionary tactics to elude the government troops since the government cannot direct its force on a ‘non-identified’ enemy.
Analyze the role of the peasantry in the Mexican, Bolivian and Cuban revolutions.
The peasant population formed the majority of population in the traditional societies/ countries that depend on agriculture as their livelihood. Peasants are the farmers in such societies. Usually, they comprise the poor population in the society. In most cases, the peasant population is the most oppressed by governments and in which case, the governments usually have their armies on their sides. The peasant community’s role in the above mentioned revolutions have been quite impressive due to their vast number. The Cuban revolution for instance was considered a peasantry revolution since majority of the participants were peasants. The involvement of peasants in the Cuban revolution was considered a futile operation since it failed to settle the issue at hand during the revolution.
In Bolivia, social revolution was characterized by the peasantry involvement which was the case in Mexico and the same was in Cuba. The peasants further went ahead and identified the local provincial administrations and filled in their representatives to take over from the government
