Mao Tse-Tung on Guerrilla Warfare

Mao’s book is a classic on guerrilla warfare, ably translated and contextualized by General Samuel B Griffith. This book mainly covers the theoretical and strategic aspects of guerrilla warfare, the need for complete political clarity at all levels, strict ethical codes and internal discipline for the men, and the proposed use of guerrillas against a qualitatively superior but numerically inferior force tasked with occupation and pacification. This book won’t teach you about how to set an ambush and not starve to death in the woods, but it will cover the basic steps between an isolated and ineffective movement and the fall of a government.