The Western Historiography of Latin American Guerrillas in the Post-Cold War Period

The following article examines the essential features of contemporary studies into left-wing armed movements in Latin America. It takes for the object the theoretical and methodological approaches implemented by the Western historiography while explaining the rise, functioning and development of a “guerrilla” as a social and political phenomenon. The article rests upon extracting the main aspects covered in general works and those examining guerrilla movements in particular countries. Special stress is made on how the researchers determined the prerequisites for the spread of ideas of armed struggle, the case of guerrilla leadership and its contribution to the lives of local communities.

Keywords

Latin America, guerrilla, revolution, theory, historiography, civil conflicts, violence, society

Acknowledgment

The article is prepared with financial support from the Russian Scientific Foundation, project No. 19-18-00305 "The Comintern in Latin America: historical traditions and political processes".

Received

17.06.2020

Publication date

31.12.2020

Number of characters

67219

Cite

GOST	Manukhin A. The Western Historiography of Latin American Guerrillas in the Post-Cold War Period // ISTORIYA – 2020. – V. 11. – Issue 12 (98). Part II [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840010130-2-1 (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840010130-2
MLA	Manukhin, Alexey "The Western Historiography of Latin American Guerrillas in the Post-Cold War Period." ISTORIYA 11.12-2 (97) (2020) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840010130-2
APA	Manukhin A. (2020). The Western Historiography of Latin American Guerrillas in the Post-Cold War Period. ISTORIYA 11(12-2 (97)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840010130-2

100 rub.

When subscribing to an article or issue, the user can download PDF, evaluate the publication or contact the author. Need to register.

Number of purchasers: 0, views: 558

Readers community rating: votes 0

1. Schelchkov A. A. Kommunisticheskoe dvizhenie v Argentine i sovetsko-kitajskij raskol // Latinskaya Amerika. 2020. № 5. S. 66—80

2. Alexander R. J. The Bolivian National Revolution. New Brunswick, 1958.

3. Alexander R. J. Communism in Latin America. New Brunswick, 1957.

4. Allison M. E. The Transition from Armed Opposition to Electoral Opposition in Central America // Latin American Politics and Society. 2006. Vol. 48. № 4. P. 137—162.

5. Arendt H. On Revolution. N. Y., 1963.

6. Bejar H. Perú 1965. Apuntes sobre una experiencia guerrillera. Lima, 1969.

7. Blasier C. The Hovering Giant: U. S. Responses to Revolutionary Change in Latin America, 1910—1985. Pittsburgh, 1988.

8. Blake Churchill L. Becoming Tupamaros: Solidarity and International Revolutionaries in Uruguay and the United States. Nashville, 2014.

9. Bordas Martínez J. Tupamaros: derrota militar, metamorfosis política y victoria electoral. Madrid, 2015. Dykinson.

10. Boudon L. Guerrillas and the State: the Role of the State in the Colombian Peace Process // Journal of Latin American Studies. 1996. Vol. 28. № 2. P. 279—297.

11. Castañeda J. C. La utopía desarmada. Intrigas, dilemas y promesas de la Izquierda en América Latina. Buenos Aires, 1994.

12. Childs M. A Historical Critique of the Emergence and Evolution of Ernesto Che Guevara’s Foco Theory // Journal of Latin American Studies. 1995. Vol. 27. № 3. P. 593—624.

13. Clos R. In the Name of God Who Will Be: The Mobilization of Radical Christians in the Sandinista Revolution // Journal for the Study of Radicalism. 2012. Vol. 6. № 1. P. 1—51.

14. Debray R. ¿Revolución en la revolución? La Habana, 1967. P. 110.

15. Desai R., Eckstein H. The Transformation of Peasant Rebellion // World Politics. 1990. Vol. 42. № 4. P. 441—465.

16. Dietrich-Ortega L. M. La “compañera política“: mujeres militantes y espacios de “agencia” en isurgencias latinoamericanas // Colombia internacional. 2014. Vol. 80, enero-abril. P. 88—133.

17. Eisenstadt T. A. Instituciones agrarias de la tenecia de la tierra, marcos del conflicto e identidades comunitarios: el caso del sur de México // Estudios sociológicos. 2010. Vol. 28. № 82. P. 3—40.

18. Figueroa-Ibarra C., Martínez-Zavala L., Ortega-Breña M. The Ejército Popular Revolucionario: Occupying Cracks in Mexico’s Hegemonic State // Latin American Perspectives. 2013. Vol. 40. № 5. P. 153—164.

19. Frank A. G. Latin America: Underdevelopment or Revolution. N. Y., 1969.

20. Frener P., Guillermo S. Finca, guerra estatal y rebelión indígena en Guatemala, 1954—1979 // Aletheia. 2014. Vol. 14. № 8. P.1—16.

21. Galiana y Cano V. El triunfo del posibilismo: El MLN-Tupamaros entre la revolución armada y la integración democrática (1970—1989) // Navegamérica. Revista de la Asociación Española de Americanistas. 2018. № 1. P. 2—15.

22. García Ruiz M. A., Santos Maldonado I. Dejar las armas, buscar los votos: la transfromación de las guerrillas latinoamericanas en partidos políticos // Revista de Derecho. 2019. № 52. P. 38—56.

23. Goldenberg B. The Cuban Revolution and Latin America. N. Y., 1966.

24. Goldstone J. A. Revolutions: Theoretic, Comparative, and Historical Studies. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986.

25. Gonzáles-Pérez M. Guerrilleras in Latin America: Domestic and International Roles // Journal of Peace Research. 2006. Vol. 43. № 3. P. 313—329.

26. Goodwin J., Skocpol T. Explaining Revolutions in the Contemporary Third World // Politics and Society. 1989. Vol. 17. № 4. P. 489—509.

27. Gooren H. Ortega for President: The Religious Rebirth of Sandinismo in Nicaragua // European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 2010. № 89. P. 47—63.

28. Gott R. Guerrilla Movements in Latin America. N. Y., 1972.

29. Guevara E. Guerra de guerrillas. La Habana, 1960.

30. Guillen A. Estrategias de la guerrilla urbana. Montevideo, 1966.

31. Harmer T. Two, Three, Many Revolutions? Cuba and the Prospect for Revolutionary Change in Latin America, 1967—1975 // Journal of Latin American Studies. 2013. Vol. 45. № 1. P. 61—89.

32. Heilman J. P. Yellows against Reds: Campesino Anticommunism in 1960s Ayacucho, Peru // Latin American Research Review. 2015. Vol. 50. № 2. P. 154—175.

33. Henck N. The Subcommander and the Sardinian: Marcos and Gramsci // Mexican Studies. 2013. Vol. 29. № 2. P. 428—458.

34. Iazzetta M. Condiciones de surgimiento de las organizaciones armadas de la Izquierda durante los años 1960—1970 en Argentina // Revista Debates. 2016. Vol. 9. № 3. P. 165—184.

35. James D. Che Guevara: A Biography. N. Y., 1970.

36. Jeifets V., Jeifets L. ¿Moscú, Beijing o La Habana? Los conflictos de la izquierda latinoamericana en torno a la lucha insurrecional // Revista Izquierdas. 2020. Vol. 49. № 4 (abril). P. 2752—2776.

37. Klare M. T., Arnson C. Supplying Repression: U.S. Support for Authoritarian Regimes Abroad. Washington, 1981.

38. Knight A. Mexican Revolution. In 2 Vols. Vol. 2: Counter-revolution and Reconstruction. N. Y.; L., 1986. P. 679

39. Knight A. Peasants into Patriots: Thoughts on the Making of the Mexican Nation // Mexican Studies. 1994. Vol. 10. № 1. P. 135—161.

40. Labrousse A. Una historia de los Tupamaros: De Sendic a Mujica. Montevideo, 2009.

41. Laqueuer W. Guerrilla: A Historical and Critical Study. Boston, 1976.

42. Latin America: Reform or Revolution? / ed. by Petras J., La Porte R., Jr., Zeitlin M. N. Y., 1968.

43. Le Grand C. The Colombian Crisis in Historical Perspective // Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 2003. Vol. 28. № 55/56. R. 165—209.

44. Leyva Solano X. Regional, Communal, and Organizational Transformations in Las Cañadas // Latin American Perspectives. 2001. Vol. 28. № 2. P. 20—44.

45. Marchesi A. Revolution Beyond Sierra Maestra: The Tupamaros and the Development of the Repertoire of Dissent in the Southern Cone // The Americas. 2014. Vol. 70. № 3. P. 523—553.

46. Marighella C. Manual do guerrilheiro urbano. São Paolo, 1975.

47. Marquardt B. La era de estatalidad aniconstitucional en Colombia (1949—1990) // Pensamiento jurídico. 2011. № 32. P. 15—59.

48. Martín Álvarez A., Rey Tristán E. La dimensión transnacional de la Izquierda armada // América Latina hoy. 2018. Vol. 80. P. 9—28.

49. Matthews H. L. The Cuban Story. N. Y., 1961.

50. May R. M. “Truth” and Truth Commissions in Latin America // Investigación y desarrollo. 2013. Vol. 21. № 2. P. 494—512.

51. McCormick G. H. Che Guevara: the Legacy of a Revolutionary Man // World Policy Journal. 1997. Vol. 14. № 4. P. 63–79.

52. Meneses A., Demanet A. El movimiento Zapatista: impacto político de un discurso en construcción // Revista Enfoques. 2012. Vol. 10. № 16. P. 151—174.

53. Moyano M. J. Argentina’s Lost Patrol: Armed Struggle, 1969–1979. New Haven, 1995.

54. Nicaraguan Exceptionalism? Debating the Legacy of the Sandinista Revolution / ed. by H. Francis. L., 2020.

55. Paige J. M. Agrarian Revolution: Social Movements and Export Agriculture in the Underdeveloped World. N. Y., 1975.

56. Paige J. M. Land Reform and Agrarian Revolution in El Salvador: Comment on Seligson and Diskin // Latin American Research Review. 1996. Vol. 31. № 2. P. 127—139.

57. Pérez Fonseca A. L. La construcción social de una guerrilla // Análisis político. 2016. № 87. P. 77—94.

58. Pozo G. J. F. Formas de resistensia en el munso andino: continuidad y rupturas // Navegamérica. 2016. № 16. P. 1—30.

59. Ramírez M. C. Between the Guerrillas and the State: the Cocalero Movement, Citizenship and Identity in the Colombian Amazon. Durham; L., 2011.

60. Rangel Suárez A. Parasites and Predators: Guerrillas and the Insurrectionary Economy of Colombia // Journal of International Affairs. 2000. Vol. 53. № 2. P. 576—601.

61. Ratliff W. E. Castroism and Communism in Latin America, 1959—1976: The Varieties of Marxist-Leninist Experience. Washington D.C., 1976.

62. Rochlin J. F. Vanguard Revolutionaries in Latin America: Peru, Colombia, Mexico. Boulder; L., 2003.

63. Ron J. Ideology in Context: Explaining Sendero Luminoso’s Tactical Escalation // Journal of Peace Research. 2001. Vol. 38. № 5. P. 569—592.

64. Rey Tristán E. La izquierda revolucionaria uruguaya, 1955—1973. Sevilla, 2005.

65. Skocpol T. States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China. Cambridge, 1979.

66. Scott J. C. The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia. New Haven, 1977.

67. Soberg Schugart M. Guerrillas and Elections: an Institutionalist Perspective on the Costs of Conflict and Competition // International Studies Quarterly. 1992. Vol. 36. № 2. P. 121—152.

68. Soledad Montero A. El joven militante y el viejo sabio. Relatos sobre el pasado reciente y ethos discursivo en Néstor Kirchner (Argentina, 2003—2007) y José Mujica (Uruguay, 2010—2015) // Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política. 2015. Vol. 24. № 2. P. 121—137.

69. Stephen L. Pro-Zapatista and Pro-PRI: Resolving Contradictions of Zapatismo in Rural Oaxaca // Latin American Research Review. 1997. Vol. 32. № 2. P. 41—70.

70. Tannenbaum F. The Mexican Agrarian Revolution. Washington D. C., 1930.

71. Welch C. Keeping Communism down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War // Latin American Perspectives. 2006. Vol. 33. № 3. P. 28—50.

72. Wickham-Crowley T. P. Exploring Revolution: Essays on Latin American Insurgency and Revolutionary Theory. N. Y.; L., 1991.

73. Wickham-Crowley T. P. Guerrillas and Revolutions in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis of Insurgents and Regimes since 1956. Princeton, 1992.

74. Wickham-Crowley T. P. Elites, Elite Settlement, and Revolutionary Movements in Latin America, 1950—1980 // Social Science History. 1994. Vol. 18. № 4. P. 543—574.

75. Wickham-Crowley T. P. Two “Waves” of Guerrilla Movement Organizing in Latin America, 1956—1990 // Comparative Studies in Society and History. 2014. Vol. 56. № 1. P. 215—242.

76. Wolff S. Post-Conflict State Building: the Debate on Institutional Choice // Third World Quarterly. 2005. Vol. 32. № 10. P. 1777—1802.

77. Wright T. C. Latin America in the Era of Cuban Revolution and Beyond. Santa Barbara, 2018.

78. Yaffe L. Conflicto armado en Colombia: análisis de las causas económicas, sociales e institucionales de la oposición violenta // Revista CS. 2011. № 8. P. 187—208.