guerrilla warfare

To win a guerrilla war, you need to eliminate the support of the local population. This can be done either by getting the locals to support YOU instead, or by removing the local population entirely (i.e. draining the sea so that the fish have nowhere to hide). The Nazis faced very strong...

Maoism was a major ideological break with doctrinaire Marxism-Leninism, but also seems inevitable in the sense that an anti-colonial communist was likely to orient a movement around rural peasants instead of industrial workers at some point. An alt-Maoism wouldn't be influenced by Chinese...

Not really sure where to put this question as pre- and post-1900s answers can be given. What are some examples of occupying powers that were most effective at eliminating guerrillas, and under what circumstances were they able to be effective?