Introduction to Part I

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. About the Series ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. INTRODUCTION Beyond Enigma: An Agenda for Interpreting Shining Path and Peru, 1980-1995 1
6. PART 1. WITHIN AND AGAINST HISTORY: CONCEPTUALIZING ROOTS
7. Introduction to Part I 13
8. 1 From Race to Class: Insurgent Intellectuals de provincia in Peru, 1910-1970 22
9. 2 On Poor Relations and the Nouveau Riche: Shining Path and the Radical Peruvian Left 60
10. 3 Chronicle of a Path Foretold? Velasco's Revolution, Vanguardia Revolucionaria, and "Shining Omens" in the Indigenous Communities of Andahuaylas 84
11. PART II. THE CONQUEST THAT FAILED: THE WAR FOR THE CENTER-SOUTH
12. Introduction to Part II 121
13. 4 Harvesting Storms: Peasant Rondas and the Defeat of Sendero Luminoso in Ayacucho 128
14. 5 Family, Culture, and "Revolution": Everyday Life with Sendero Luminoso 158
15. 6 The War for the Central Sierra 193
16. 7 Villagers at Arms: War and Counterrevolution in the Central-South Andes 224
17. PART III. OBLITERATING THIRD PATHS: THE BATTLES OF LIMA AND PUNO
18. Introduction to Part III 261
19. 8 Shining Path and the "Decisive Battle" in Lima's Barriadas: The Case of Villa El Salvador 267
20. 9 Apogee and Crisis of a "Third Path": Mariateguismo, "People's War," and Counterinsurgency in Puno, I987-I994 307
21. PART IV. WOMEN AS CITIZEN-SUBJECTS: EXPLORING THE GENDERED WAR
22. Introduction to Part IV 341
23. 10 Women in War: Impact and Responses 345
24. PART V. POLITICAL RULE, POLITICAL CULTURE: THE IRONIC LEGACIES OF WAR
25. Introduction to Part V 377
26. 11 Civil-Military Relations in Peru, 1980-1996: How to Control and Coopt the Military (and the consequences of doing so) 385
27. 12 Alberto Fujimori: "The Man Peru Needed?" 411
28. 13 Sendero Luminoso and Human Rights: A Perverse Logic that Captured the Country 425
29. 14 Human Rights and Social Referents: The Construction of New Sensibilities 447
30. CONCLUSION Shining and Other Paths: The Origins, Dynamics, and Legacies of War, 1980-1995 470
31. Abbreviations and Organizations 477
32. Bibliography 481
33. Index 511
34. Contributors 533