DEPARTM ENT
OF THE
N A V Y
H eadquarters
U n ite d
S ta te s M a rin e
C o rp s
W a s h in g to n ,
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FOREW ORD
1. PURPOSE
F le e t M a rin e F o rc e R e fe re n c e P u b lic a tio n (F M F R P ) 1 2 -1 8 ,M ao
T s e -tu n g
o n
G u e r r illa
W a rfa re ,is p u b lis h e d to e n s u re th e re te n tio n
and dissem i-
n a tio n o f u s e fu l in fo rm a tio n
w h ic h is n o t in te n d e d to b e c o m e d o c trin e
o r to b e p u b lis h e d
in F le e t M a rin e F o rc e m a n u a ls .
F M F R P s in th e 1 2
S e rie s a re a s p e c ia l c a te g o ry o f p u b lic a tio n s : re p rin ts o f h is to ric a l w o rk s
w h ic h w e re p u b lis h e d
com m ercially
a n d
are no
lo n g e r in p rin t.
2 .
SC O PE
T h is re fe re n c e p u b lic a tio n
is M a o T s e -tu n g \u2019s th o u g h ts a n d p h ilo s o p h y
o f g u e rrilla w a rfa re . It g iv e s th e re a d e r a c h a n c e to le a rn a b o u t th is ty p e
of w arfare
fro m
o n e w h o liv e d a n d
fo u g h t a s a g u e rrilla
for m ost of
h is a d u lt life . It is im p o rta n t
to u n d e rs ta n d
h is p h ilo s o p h y
o f g u e rrilla
w a rfa re b e c a u s e it is th e b a s is o f to d a y \u2019s g u e rrilla fo rc e s . T h e b o o k w a s
tra n s la te d
a n d
p u b lis h e d
w ith a n in tro d u c tio n
by Sam uel B . G riffith,
B rig a d ie r G e n e ra l,
U SM C
(Ret.), in
1 9 6 1 .
3 . C E R T IF IC A T IO N
R e v ie w e d a n d
a p p ro v e d
th is d a te .
B Y D IR E C T IO N O F T H E C O M M A N D A N T O F T H E M A R IN E C O R P S
M . P . S U L L IV A N
-
M a jo r G e n e ra l, U .S . M a rin e C o rp s
D e p u ty C o m m a n d e r fo r W a rfig h tin g
M arine C orps C om bat D evelopm ent C om m and
Q u a n tic o , V irg in ia
D IS T R IB U T IO N :
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