Himalayan people's war : Nepal's Maoist rebellion
"The eruption of a violent Maoist insurgency in Nepal in the late 1990s was met with bewilderment even among many who claimed to know the country well. This book provides historical, social, and political background on the movement, and describes the ongoing struggle. The so-called "people's war" was launched in 1996 by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to overthrow the political establishment, including the monarchy." "With striking similarities to movements such as Peru's Shining Path in the 1980s, guerrillas in Nepal have murdered government employees and supporters of other political parties and attempted to establish a Maoist regime in rural areas they control. Initially the rebels numbered a few hundred, mainly poor peasants, former soldiers, and unemployed youths drawn to the movement by poverty and disenchantment with the country's corrupt politicians, but they have since grown to more than 25,000, with training camps in Nepal's remote western region. Tactics have included attacks on police stations, banks, and power installations. The army was deployed against the Maoists for the first time in late 2001, and the indiscriminate nature of the military crackdown has been criticized strongly in many quarters. Also in 2001, Nepal's political situation came to the attention of Western news media with the highly publicized murders of members of the royal family. While there were moves toward peace talks in 2003, hopes of a rapid return to normalcy have been dashed and levels of violence are once again on the rise. This interdisciplinary volume, the first comprehensive study published in English, provides vital background for understanding these events and the most thorough analysis of the movement and its implications for Nepal's future." -- Book Jacket
History
xi, 322 pages : map ; 22 cm
9780253345226, 9780253217424, 0253345227, 0253217423
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Monarchy, democracy and Maoism in Nepal / Michael Hutt
Radicalism and the emergence of the Maoists / Deepak Thapa
The Maoist movement: an evolutionary perspective / Studheer Sharma
The Nepali state and the Maoist insurgency, 1996-2001 / Krishna Hachhethu
The path to Jan Sarkar in Dolakha district: towards an ethnography of the Maoist movement / Sara Shneiderman and Mark Turin
Ethnic demands within Maoism: questions of Magar territorial autonomy, nationality and class / Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
Democracy and duplicity: the Maoists and their interlocutors in Nepal / Pratyoush Onta
Gender dimensions of the People's War: some reflections on the experiences of rural women / Mandira Sharma and Dinesh Prasain
High expectations, deep disappointment: politics, state and society in Nepal after 1990 / Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka
A Himalayan red herring? Maoist revolution in the shadow of the Legacy Raj / Saubhagya Shah
Maoism in Nepal: towards a comparative perspective / Philippe Ramirez
The emergence of Nepal's political future / Hari Roka
Living between the Maoists and the army in rural Nepal / Judith Pettigrew
The Forty-point demand of the United People's Front (February 1996)
Full text of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's message to the nation (27 November 2001)
Full text of King Gyanendra's address to the nation (4 October 2002)