^1. Referring to RENAMO, Weigert writes that by mobilizing politically alienated rural civilians “across a much larger ideological spectrum… such rebellions can successfully implement the principles of modern guerilla warfare espoused by strategists such as Mao and Ho Chi Minh without necessarily adopting a Marxist or other secular ideology” (7).

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^3. Most of the material in the case studies is derived from secondary sources. The Malagasy case does use archival materials from the U.S. consulate in Madagascar, and the RENAMO chapter relies on some contemporary newspaper articles.