From the Sierra to the Cities. The Urban Campaign of the Shining Path.
This report describes the Shining Path's urban campaign against the government of Peru. The study is founded on a database assessment of war, the author's travels in Peru, and interviews with members of the Peruvian security establishment now engaged against the Shining Path. It was carried out as part of a larger project, "Andean Futures: a Comparative Political, Economic, and Security Assessment," sponsored by the Under Secretary of Defense Policy. This research was conducted with Rand's National Defense Research.