Mao Tse-tung Reference Archive

On Guerrilla Warfare

Written: 1937

Source: Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung: Vol. IX

Transcription/Markup: Maoist Documentation Project/Brian Baggins

Online Version: Maoist Documentation Project (2000); Mao Tse-tung Reference Archive (marxists.org) 2000

Written by Mao in 1937, when Japanese imperialists occupied all of China, this book served as an instruction manual for guerrilla fighting, written based on more than a decade of personal experience by Mao. Based on the basic strategy and tactics of warfare as described by Sun-tzu, Mao stresses the importance of guerrilla warfare tactics in a revolutionary war, emphasizing that they must be combined in conjunction with conventional warfare tactics.

Contents:

What Is Guerrilla Warfare?

The Relation Of Guerrilla Hostilitiesto Regular Operations

Guerrilla Warfare In History

Can Victory Be Attained By Guerrilla Operations?

Organization For Guerilla Warfare

The Political Problems Of Guerrilla Warfare

The Strategy Of Guerrilla Resistance Against Japan

Appendix