Sendero Luminoso and Peruvian Counterinsurgency

Sendero Luminoso first appeared in Peru in May 1980 by burning several ballot boxes and hanging dogs from streetlights. This unusual event signaled the beginning of one of the most violent insurgencies in the Western hemisphere. Abimael Guzmán, the founder of Sendero Luminoso, set out to utterly des...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Switzer, Russell W
Other Authors: Stanley E. Hilton
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2007
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-01242007-200500/