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035			_a(OCoLC)1114308549
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
041	0		_aeng _achi _avie
100	1		_aOpper, Marc, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPeople's Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam _cMarc Opper.
264		1	_bUniversity of Michigan Press,
264		3	_bProject MUSE,
300			_a1 online resource (1 online resource 404 pages)
500			_aIncludes Chinese and Vietnamese appendix (pages 358-374).
505	0	0	_gChapter 1 : _tIntroduction -- _gChapter 2: A theory of rebel institutional persistence -- _gChapter 3: _tThe Chinese Soviet Republic, 1931-1934 -- _gChapter 4: _tThe Three-Year Guerilla War, 1935-1937 -- _gChapter 5: _tThe Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, 1937-1945 -- _gChapter 6: _tThe Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, 1945-1949 -- _gChapter 7: _tThe Malayan emergency, 1948-1950 -- _gChapter 8: _tThe Vietnam War, 1960-1975 -- _gChapter 9: _tFighting the people, fighting for the people -- _tChinese and Vietnamese appendix -- _tBibliography _tIndex.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520	3		_a"People's Wars breaks new ground in systematically analyzing and comparing these three canonical cases of insurgency. The case studies of China and Malaya make use of Chinese-language archival sources, many of which have never before been used and provide an unprecedented level of detail into the workings of successful and unsuccessful insurgencies. The book is adopts an interdisciplinary approach and will be of interest of both political scientists and historians.
520	3		_a"People's Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam explains why some insurgencies collapse after a military defeat while under other circumstances insurgents are able to maintain influence, re-build strength, and ultimately defeat the government. The author argues that ultimate victory in civil wars rests on the size of the coalition of social groups established by each side during the conflict. When insurgents establish broad social coalitions (relative to the incumbent), their movement will persist even when military defeats lead to loss of control of territory because they enjoy the support of the civilian population and civilians will not defect to the incumbent. By contrast, when insurgents establish narrow coalitions, civilian compliance is solely a product of coercion. Where insurgents implement such governing strategies, battlefield defeats translate into political defeats and bring about a collapse of the insurgency because civilians defect to the incumbent. The empirical chapters of the book consist of six case studies of the most consequential insurgencies of the 20th century including that led by the Chinese Communist Party from 1927 to 1949, the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960), and the Vietnam War (1960-1975)."
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
651		0	_aMalaya. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01219926
651		0	_aChina. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01206073
651		0	_aMalaya _xHistory _yMalayan Emergency, 1948-1960.
651		0	_aChina _xHistory _y1937-1945.
651		0	_aChina _xHistory _yCivil War, 1945-1949.
650		0	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975.
655		0	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan), _epublisher.
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/71801/
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