URBAN GUERILLA, AS A REVOLUTIONARY PHENOMENON AND AS A RECRUITING PROBLEM (FROM URBAN GUERILLA - STUDIES ON THE THEORY, STRATEGY AND PRACTICE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN MODERN SOCIETIES, 1974, BY J NIEZING - SEE NCJ-27988)

• NCJ Number: 27993
• Author(s): G TEITLER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: Rotterdam University Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Netherlands

Annotation

THIS PAPER DRAWS HEAVILY ON EXAMPLES FROM THE DUTCH RESISTANCE OF 1940-1945 TO ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFICULTIES OF OBTAINING A MASS FOLLOWING IN A HIGHLY URBANIZED SOCIETY.

Abstract

LATIN AMERICA AND RUSSIA ALSO SUPPLY EXAMPLES OF THIS. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT RESISTANCE GROUPS IN AN URBANIZED ENVIRONMENT CAN RUN INTO SUCH GREAT DIFFICULTIES, THAT IN THEIR FORM OF ORGANISATION THEY SOMETIMES COME TO DISPLAY THE ARCHAIC FEATURES OF THE SECRET SOCIETY, WHILE, IN FAILING TO OBTAIN A MASSFOLLOWING, THEIR ACTIVITIES CAN EASILY DEGENERATE INTO NOTHING MORE THAN TERRORISM AND BANDITRY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)