03579nam 22006255 450 991033802340332120210729201143.03-319-77571-510.1007/978-3-319-77571-5(CKB)4100000004821373(DE-He213)978-3-319-77571-5(MiAaPQ)EBC5399991(PPN)259469424(EXLCZ)99410000000482137320180522d2019 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Myth of Mao Zedong and Modern Insurgency[electronic resource] /by Francis Grice1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (XI, 219 p.)3-319-77570-7 1. Introduction -- 2. What Mao Actually Taught -- 3. The Unoriginal Mao -- 4. Mao and the Chinese Revolutionary Civil War -- 5. The Insignificant Mao -- 6. The Deification of Mao -- 7. Conclusion.Tackling one of the most prevalent myths about insurgencies, this book examines and rebuts the popular belief that Mao Zedong created a fundamentally new form of warfare that transformed the nature of modern insurgency. The labeling of an insurgent enemy as using “Maoist Warfare” has been a common phenomenon since Mao’s victory over the Guomindang in 1949, from Malaya and Vietnam during the Cold War to Afghanistan and Syria today. Yet, this practice is heavily flawed. This book argues that Mao did not invent a new breed of insurgency, failed to produce a coherent vision of how insurgencies should be fought, and was not influential in his impact upon subsequent insurgencies. Consequently, Mao’s writings cannot be used to generate meaningful insights for understanding those insurgencies that came after him. This means that scholars and policymakers should stop using Mao as a tool for understanding insurgencies and as a straw man against whom to target counterinsurgency strategies. Francis Grice is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at McDaniel College, USA.TerrorismPolitical violencePolitical theoryWorld politicsPolitical leadershipPeaceTerrorism and Political Violencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912090Political Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911010Political Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911080Political Leadershiphttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911230Conflict Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912060Terrorism.Political violence.Political theory.World politics.Political leadership.Peace.Terrorism and Political Violence.Political Theory.Political History.Political Leadership.Conflict Studies.303.625Grice Francisauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1064087BOOK9910338023403321The Myth of Mao Zedong and Modern Insurgency2536466UNINA