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The shining path : love, madness, and revolution in the Andes /

A narrative history of the unlikely Maoist rebellion that terrorized Peru long after the fall of global communism. The tale of the Shining Path may be the most gripping saga in modern Latin American history, but its full story has never been told. Described by a U.S. State Department cable as '...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Starn, Orin (Author), La Serna, Miguel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group)
Peru > Politics and government > 1968-1980.
Peru > Politics and government > 1980-
Revolutions > Peru > History > 20th century.
Guerrilla warfare > Peru > History > 20th century.
Terrorism > Peru > History > 20th century.
Guerrillas > Peru > Biography.
Revolutionaries > Peru > Biography.
Communists > Peru > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • The train to Machu Picchu
  • A tree can be a weapon
  • Comrade Norah
  • The great rupture
  • First blood
  • The lynching
  • Inquest in the Andes
  • Shouting in the rocks
  • The Queen of Villa
  • The shining trench
  • The Party Congress
  • The death of Comrade Norah
  • The revolution comes to Villa
  • A fish out of water
  • Ghostbusters
  • The clever frog
  • The birthday party
  • A death foretold
  • The wolf and the whale
  • Fat cheeks, affirmative!
  • The silence of the lambs.