Shining Path: Guerrilla War in Peru's Northern Highlands

by Lewis Taylor

Book Overview

The Insurrection mounted by the Sendero Luminoso or 'Shining Path' guerrilla movement, sparked one of the most vicious civil wars in recent Latin American history, in which an estimated 69,000 people lost their lives. A high proportion of the victims comprised rural people from Peru's Andean mountains. Shining Path: Guerrilla War in Peru's Northern Highlands examines the origins and trajectory of the conflict in the Cajabamba-Huamachuco region, located...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846310164
• ISBN13: 9781846310164
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"