{"product_id":"2026200014575-secondhand-the-tupamaro-guerrillas-the-structure-and-strategy-of-the-urban-guerrilla-movement","title":"The Tupamaro Guerrillas: The Structure And Strategy Of The Urban Guerrilla Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the volatile political landscape of 1960s Uruguay, a clandestine organisation known as the Tupamaros rose to become one of the most sophisticated and feared urban guerrilla movements of the twentieth century — and The Tupamaro Guerrillas: The Structure and Strategy of the Urban Guerrilla Movement stands as the definitive firsthand account of their methods, ideology, and inner workings. Journalist and author Maria Esther Gilio chronicles the movement with unflinching precision, drawing on direct access to its members to present an intimate portrait of a group that confounded authorities with bank robberies, political kidnappings, and a disciplined cell-based structure that proved remarkably resilient against state repression. With an introduction by Latin American scholar Robert J. Alexander, the work situates the Tupamaros within the broader currents of Cold War-era revolutionary politics across the Americas.\n\nGilio's reportorial style is sharp and authoritative, stripping away myth to present the human architecture behind the movement — its recruits, its codes of conduct, and its radical vision for societal transformation. The book raises enduring questions about the relationship between political violence and social justice, the limits of state power, and what drives ordinary citizens to clandestine insurgency. For anyone seeking to understand the roots of Latin American radicalism, this work remains as urgent and unsettling as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203122045147,"sku":"2026200014575-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c1399e41-c134-4e49-98fc-242032c49368.png?v=1788144589","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014575-secondhand-the-tupamaro-guerrillas-the-structure-and-strategy-of-the-urban-guerrilla-movement","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}