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diff --git a/books/sociology/counterrevolution.md b/books/sociology/counterrevolution.md index 0ac5731..86934fa 100644 --- a/books/sociology/counterrevolution.md +++ b/books/sociology/counterrevolution.md @@ -9,28 +9,31 @@ ## Genealogy -* Mass-scale warfare - * MAD - * Massive retaliation - * Game theory - * Systems analisys - * Nuclear war - -* Counterinsurgency - * Modern warfare - * Unconventional, counter-guerrila - * Special Ops - * Surgical operations - -* Mao's “Eight Points of Attention” plus two principles: - 1. Talk to people politely. - 2. Observe fair dealing in all business transactions. - 3. Return everything borrowed from the people. - 4. Pay for anything damaged. - 5. Do not beat or scold the people. - 6. Do not damage crops. - 7. Do not molest women. - 8. Do not ill-treat prisoners-of-war. 6 +### Mass-scale warfare + +* MAD +* Massive retaliation +* Game theory +* Systems analisys +* Nuclear war + +### Counterinsurgency + +* Modern warfare +* Unconventional, counter-guerrila +* Special Ops +* Surgical operations + +### Mao's “Eight Points of Attention” plus two principles + +1. Talk to people politely. +2. Observe fair dealing in all business transactions. +3. Return everything borrowed from the people. +4. Pay for anything damaged. +5. Do not beat or scold the people. +6. Do not damage crops. +7. Do not molest women. +8. Do not ill-treat prisoners-of-war. Two other principles were central to Mao’s revolutionary doctrine: first, the importance of having a unified political and military power structure that @@ -39,21 +42,25 @@ explained, “proper psychological measures could create and maintain ideological cohesion among fighters and their civilian supporters.” 7 -* Paret's (1960) tasks of “counterguerrilla action”: - 1. The military defeat of the guerrilla forces. - 2. The separation of the guerrilla from the population. - 3. The reestablishment of governmental authority and the development of a viable social order. - -* Petraeus: 3 key pillars: - 1. "The first is that the most important struggle is over the population." - 2. "Allegiance of the masses can only be secured - by separating the small revolutionary minority from the passive majority, and by - isolating, containing, and ultimately eliminating the active minority. In his - accompanying guidelines," - 3. "Success turns on collecting information on - everyone in the population. Total information is essential to properly distinguish - friend from foe and then extract the revolutionary minority. It is intelligence— - total information awareness—that renders the counterinsurgency possible." +### Paret's (1960) tasks of “counterguerrilla action” + +1. The military defeat of the guerrilla forces. +2. The separation of the guerrilla from the population. +3. The reestablishment of governmental authority and the development of a viable social order. + +### Petraeus: 3 key pillars + +1. "The first is that the most important struggle is over the population." + +2. "Allegiance of the masses can only be secured + by separating the small revolutionary minority from the passive majority, and by + isolating, containing, and ultimately eliminating the active minority. In his + accompanying guidelines," + +3. "Success turns on collecting information on + everyone in the population. Total information is essential to properly distinguish + friend from foe and then extract the revolutionary minority. It is intelligence— + total information awareness—that renders the counterinsurgency possible." ## Excerpts |