concentrated their efforts in simply defeating the British. Their sole objective is to win; they did not have the luxury of being “civil” in their war tactics. This contrast is shown very well in several scenes from the movie. The first real display of guerrilla war tactics was used by Martin after the death of his son. He and his two sons ambushed a group of British soldiers. The soldiers were trapped inside a small road while Martin and his sons hid in the tree lines. They also had the advantage of having
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as ’foreign occupiers’. Furthermore‚ America faced much controversy over the war within its own borders‚ and therefore was fighting a war unpopular to its own people and the people which they tried to ’save’. Militarily the US failed to stop guerrilla warfare and committed many atrocities against the Vietnamese people. Ho Chi Minh (the leader of the North Vietnamese) on the other hand was a person supported by a lot of the Vietnamese (including many in the South)‚ because he gave the people what they
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Colombia’s government and the rebel group FARC reached an agreement May 17‚ 2014 on ending the illegal drug trade. The deal called for FARC to cooperate with the government in convincing farmers to grow crops other than coca‚ which is used to make cocaine. The announcement was made Friday in Havana where the two sides have been negotiating an end to a 50-year-old insurgency. Colombia was the world’s leading producer of cocaine until Peru recently overtook it in cultivation of coca. The cocaine industry
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and Guatemala. He traveled broadly‚ giving speeches and preaching his ideals of guerilla warfare and equality by socialism. He was a Marxist and wanted freedom for the peasants. In 1954‚ he met Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro and his brother Raul while in Mexico. He later became part of Fidel Castro’s efforts to overthrow the Batista government in Cuba. He served as a military advisor to Castro and led guerrilla troops in battles against Batista forces. When Castro took power in 1959‚ He became in
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In‚ “Testimony: Death of a Guatemalan Village‚” Victor Montejo describes events surrounding the military régimes occurring throughout Guatemala. The book itself is an eyewitness account detailing one instance of violence between the indigenous peoples village’s "civil patrol" and the army. This occurrence leads to the execution and imprisonment of many villagers. Even though the book is mainly a testimony by one person‚ in which he discusses the personal conflicts and struggle between himself and
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that he was seeking. Guevara joined Castro followers at a farm where they were training for guerrilla war tactics. The tactics were those first used by Mao Tse-Tung. At this time‚ Ernesto Guevara first was nick named "Che"‚ which is Latin for pal. The group invaded Cuba‚ where Che was commander of the revolutionary army. From then on‚ he was known as the most aggressive‚ clever and successful guerrilla officer. He also got the reputation for cold-blooded cruelty. One reason for this reputation
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teenagers would be forced to respond to this new dangerous environment and the worries they shared about what had happened to their families. Secondly‚ change affected the way the teenagers had to start living. They had to turn into a “slick guerrilla outfit”. One that moved around at night‚ and lived off the land. They had to make camp in their safe haven “Hell” and plan raids against the attackers. USE QUOTES FROM THE BOOK ABOUT LIVING OFF THE LAND AND BECOMING A GUERILLA OUTFIT. From these
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Epitome of humanity’s greatest enemy Enemy. When one hears this word‚ people tend to automatically relate this to negative emotions such as sorrow‚ despair‚ anger and hatred. By definition‚ an enemy is a person we feel hatred for‚ foster harmful designs against‚ or engage in antagonistic activities against; an adversary or opponent. Most people think that an enemy must be someone you foster a great deal of hatred for‚ but that is not necessarily the case. While saying that the person you hate the
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facilitated by profit from the FARC’s taxation of illicit drug production. Support for the FARC‚ however‚ is also a product of the lack of government response to the severe hardships faced by peasant farmers in the region. The history of regional guerrilla movements in Colombia began with the peasant struggles of the 1920s and 1930s. Peasant and indigenous groups organized in response to harsh working conditions imposed on day-workers by coffee plantation owners and conflicts over land tenure. These
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The Chinese Civil War‚ which lasted from 1927 to 1949‚ was a civil war in China which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) overthrew the Guomindang (GMD) . As the CCP had always been inferior to the GMD in many aspects‚ many were shocked and startled by the Communist ’s victory; although numerous factors show that the Communist ’s victory was almost inevitable. This essay will examine the factors that lead to the Communists victory‚ which includes ideology‚ economic‚ political‚ social‚ military‚ foreign
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