The bullet and the ballot box
Subtitle: the story of Nepal's Maoist revolution
By: Aditya Adhikari
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781781685648
Subjects: Politics and government; Communism; History; Elections; Social change; Political participation
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Sun in the Hearts of the People : Origins; title: Democracy and Its Discontents; title: Blinding the Elephant; title: The State at War; title: Among the Believers; title: The Fish in the Sea : Vignettes; title: Blunders and Realignments; title: Uprising; title: The Aftermath of People's War; title: Postscript.