The bullet and the ballot box the story of Nepal's Maoist revolution Aditya Adhikari

By:

Adhikari Aditya

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Description: xii 304 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrationsmaps 25 cmISBN:

9781781685648 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

130 ADH

Scope and content: "In 1996, when Nepal's Maoists launched their armed rebellion, their ideology was widely considered obsolete and they had limited public support. By 2008 they had gained access to state power and their ambitious plan of social transformation dominated the national agenda. How did this become possible? The Bullet and the Ballot Box offers a rich and sweeping account of a decade of revolutionary upheaval. Adhikari draws on a broad range of sources, including novels, letters and diaries, to illuminate both the history and human drama of the Maoist rebellion. An indispensible guide to Nepal's recent history, the book also offers a fascinating case study of how communist ideology has been reinterpreted and translated into political action in the twenty-first century"--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference Books	ICES Colombo Ready Reference Section	General Book Collections	130 ADI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	007283

"In 1996, when Nepal's Maoists launched their armed rebellion, their ideology was widely considered obsolete and they had limited public support. By 2008 they had gained access to state power and their ambitious plan of social transformation dominated the national agenda. How did this become possible? The Bullet and the Ballot Box offers a rich and sweeping account of a decade of revolutionary upheaval. Adhikari draws on a broad range of sources, including novels, letters and diaries, to illuminate both the history and human drama of the Maoist rebellion. An indispensible guide to Nepal's recent history, the book also offers a fascinating case study of how communist ideology has been reinterpreted and translated into political action in the twenty-first century"--

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