DEPARTMENTOFTHENAVYHeadquartersUnitedStatesMarineCorpsWashington,DC20380-00015April1989FOREWORD1.PURPOSEFleetMarineForceReferencePublication(FMFRP)12-18,
MaoTse-tungonGuerrillaWarfare,
ispublishedtoensuretheretentionanddissemi-nationofusefulinformationwhichisnotintendedtobecomedoctrineortobepublishedinFleetMarineForcemanuals.FMFRPsinthe12Seriesareaspecialcategoryofpublications:reprintsofhistoricalworkswhichwerepublishedcommerciallyandarenolongerinprint.
2.
SCOPEThisreferencepublicationisMaoTse-tung’sthoughtsandphilosophyofguerrillawarfare.Itgivesthereaderachancetolearnaboutthistypeofwarfarefromonewholivedandfoughtasaguerrillaformostofhisadultlife.Itisimportanttounderstandhisphilosophyofguerrillawarfarebecauseitisthebasisoftoday’sguerrillaforces.ThebookwastranslatedandpublishedwithanintroductionbySamuelB.Griffith,BrigadierGeneral,USMC(Ret.),in1961.3.CERTIFICATIONReviewedandapprovedthisdate.BYDIRECTIONOFTHECOMMANDANTOFTHEMARINECORPSM.P.SULLIVAN-MajorGeneral,U.S.MarineCorpsDeputyCommanderforWarfightingMarineCorpsCombatDevelopmentCommandQuantico,VirginiaDISTRIBUTION:
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