Peruvian Government's Counterinsurgency Efforts to Defeat the Sendero Luminoso(Shining Path)

摘要

This study analyzes the counterinsurgency efforts of the Peruvian government todefeat the Maoist Shining Path movement. An examination of the government response within the context of the Peruvian environment reveals the government's failure to recognize socioeconomic conditions which give the Sender its strength. The author further examines the nature of the insurgency, its leader, ideology, objectives, organization and tactics which contribute to the movement's success. The government's military solution to a political military problem and its subsequent failed counterinsurgency efforts validate the hypothesis that Peru is losing the war against the Sendero. Sendero Luminoso, Shining path, Peru.