Strategy and Tactics of the Salvadoran FMLN Guerrillas: Last Battle of the Cold War, Blueprint for Future Conflicts

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This book examines the military organization, strategy, and tactics of the Salvadoran FMLN guerrillas throughout their efforts to overthrow the government. It is in large part based on the authors’ personal collections of guerrilla documents captured in the war, interviews with former and captured guerrillas, and personal combat experience throughout some of the fiercest wars fought in the Western hemisphere in the 20th century. The book describes the guerrilla tactics from a technical perspective, and their evolution throughout the war in El Salvador.

It includes discussions of such tactical concepts as concentration and deconcentration, urban combat, anti-air defense, using mines, and homemade weapons. It comprises a chapter on the FMLN special forces―they were liable for many of the spectacular attacks of the war―and it examines the sophisticated logistical system of the FMLN that made the prolonged war imaginable. Wherever imaginable, these concepts are illustrated by actual combat experiences from sources on both sides of the conflict. Crucial text for all concerned with guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency. Latin Americanists and students of the developing world will also find much of interest.

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