Reddit mentions of Guerrilla Warfare

The otherside of the mountain: the Mujahideen during the Soviet-afghan war and a great companian to the bear went over the mountain.
https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Afghan_Guerrilla_Warfare.html?id=3VJJDijysx8C&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y

On Guerilla warfare: By Mao himself
https://books.google.com.au/books/about/On_Guerrilla_Warfare.html?id=4_yP6jTL1LgC&redir_esc=y

Guerilla warfare: by Che Guevera
https://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Warfare-Ernesto-Che-Guevara/dp/149299748X

Insurgency & Terrorism: in depth analysis of contemporary insugencies
https://www.amazon.com/Insurgency-Terrorism-Revolution-Apocalypse-Revised-ebook/dp/B001E2H5L0/ref=pd_aw_sim_351_1/132-8647266-8850646?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B001E2H5L0&pd_rd_r=3355dc30-a8e6-11e9-bd99-51f9e84bde3c&pd_rd_w=Dz8jC&pd_rd_wg=8Kasn&pf_rd_p=469620d9-3e90-496d-9dc8-b19f900ba5fe&pf_rd_r=M99YNW41VSS0RRKA56JM&psc=1&refRID=M99YNW41VSS0RRKA56JM

> but there's several reasons why a militia would win over a large-scale state army.

I too have read a good deal on the subject of guerrilla warfare and I honestly feel this is playing down how difficult it is for the militia. It takes massive political support, something anarchism does not have right now, and an incredibly skilled leadership, which anarchism is also lacking. Also the opposition needs networks to communicate and spread propaganda and literature amongst the people. There has to be multiple channels being used simultaneously such as the internet, paper(s), etc. Unfortunately the internet won't be of much use if there is no power or supplies to repair the technology needed to access it and industrial printing presses are not only few and far between, but are also bourgeois/government owned. This isn't even taking into account the sheer amount of manpower and weaponry that is needed. The former of which anarchism lacks and the latter of which Americans do have in number, but not strength. The days of attacking enemy convoys and simply taking their weaponry is long pasted with the advent of modern technology and increasingly advanced counter insurgency tactics. That being said it is possible and I'd argue somewhat common for an insurgency to win a war, but it is far from as simple as your post makes it out to be and is most definitely not a sure thing. It also usually has an idea that everyone, read people other than simply anarchist, can really get behind, support, and even die for.

The main factor I left out is the use of land, which I suppose could be lumped under the skilled leadership criteria stated above. This issue is an extremely important one as the terrain used and knowing how to use said terrain has been known as the great equalizer of men. It makes irregular forces and regular forces equals when they otherwise wouldn't be. If anyone has any questions please send me a PM.

Also I suppose since I asked for the other users who posted on the subject of guerrilla warfare to post their sources I should include my main sources. These are the main and best ones I've read but there are many others.

Partisan Warfare by O Heilbrunn

Insurgency and Terrorism:From Revolution to Apocalypse by Bard E. O'Neill

War of the Flea:The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare by Robert Taber

On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Tse-Tung. You can find this for free here.

Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara. You can find a part of this for free here.

>So you're right, this is something a lot more anarchists should consider.

Everyone of every ideology should. You never know when you will need to fight an organized army. Be it an invading one or your own.

Also if you don't mind me asking what books have you read on the subject? I'm looking for some new ones.

Edits: *

Oh, I have no need of one, and probably won't even WROL/post-SHTF. Plus, I doubt my hunter neighbors would appreciate me setting the forest on fire.

One must always be careful with such mods.

Che liked them, though.

https://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Warfare-Ernesto-Che-Guevara/dp/149299748X

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>Amazon does, however, continue to sell the following works:
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>Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto — the manifesto of a movement that murdered more than 100 million people, specifically targeting an entire class of people — the bourgeoisie — for destruction; for sale in many editions from the richest capitalist in the world
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>Leon Trotsky’s Terrorism and Communism — a defense of political terrorism
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>Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf  — also available in many editions — which is apparently less threatening to the current world order than my book.
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>The Unabomber’s Manifesto — which does seem to create a moral hazard. Want to get your book published? Start mailing out package bombs. Kill three people and injure 23 others, and your book might also be fit to stock at Amazon.com.
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>Valerie Solanas’ S.C.U.M. Manifesto — S.C.U.M. being an acronym for Society to Cut Up Men. Solanas published her manifesto in 1967. In 1968, she attempted to murder Andy Warhol.
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>The Anarchist’s Cookbook — corrected and updated to make it extra lethal
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>Osama Bin Laden’s Messages to the World — mastermind one of history’s greatest terrorist attacks, and you too might be fit to stock at Amazon.com
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>Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah — apparently there’s a whole library of books by Islamist terrorists for sale at Amazon.com
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>Theodor Herzl, The Jewish State — the blueprint of the Zionist movement, which spawned the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine through terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and wars that continue to this day
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>Black Nationalist Manifestos by such writers as Marcus Garvey and Elijah Muhammad
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>Everybody Talks About the Weather . . . We Don’t: The Writings of Ulrike Meinhof
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>Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Guerrilla Warfare
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>Al-Qaida’s Doctrine for Insurgency: Abd al-Aziz al-Muqrin’s “a Practical Course for Guerrilla War”

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Guerilla Warfare by Che Guevara http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Warfare-Ernesto-Che-Guevara/dp/149299748X it expounds on the lessons learned in the Cuban Revolution. Very practical.

> You first said it was political backlash, now you are saying that it was Hezbollah using civilians as human shields that didn't allow Israel to win.

No, no. I said it was political backlash and I still stand by it. Israel got political backlash because of civilian casualties. Militarily, they were winning against Hezbollah. Hezbollah could not capture 1 cm of Israeli lands while Israel was getting deeper and deeper into Lebanese territory. Israel retreated, but not because Hezbollah was too strong for them in any kind.

> And your argument that Israel has to massacre all lebanese Twelver shiite to win is just flawed, Hezbollah didn't have more than 5 thousand troops in 2006.

You can't kill all those 5 000 troops because they are guerilla fighters. That means that they hide in homes, schools, etc. That's how guerilla warfare takes place. You hide among the population to ambush the conventional army. This is a book for you to start with:

http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Warfare-Ernesto-Che-Guevara/dp/149299748X

> Lebanon was a big loser. Hezbollah not so much, they already have twice the rockets they had in 2006. Israel clearly didn't "lose", but they set objectives that they failed to achieve.

Hezbollah was militarily a loser. They got crushed, couldn't patrol their posts anymore openly like they used and had to use a big portion of their missiles/rockets.

The fact that they doubled their rockets now doesnt change that. If I lose my car today, but buy a new one next year, I still lost my old care despite having a new one.

This reminds me, whilst we are on the subject of bookstore purchases, I would highly reccommmend every American household buys a copy of this

https://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Warfare-Ernesto-Che-Guevara/dp/149299748X

OMG I found some too:

http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Warfare-Ernesto-Che-Guevara/dp/149299748X