ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to identify the main characteristics of revolution and the guerilla warfare it generates. It suggests an explanatory framework embodying the results of the analysis. The chapter is concerned with revolutionary guerrilla warfare stems primarily from its frequency and importance, and from the probability that this type of warfare will be the characteristic form of armed conflict in developing systems. The behavioralist approach, emphasizing the revolutionary mentality and a quasi-economic model which suggests that revolutions stem from perceived economic deprivation, has a greater empirical bent than other theories. Any one-dimensional explanation of revolutions would presuppose unambiguous and clearly differentiated political, social, and economic systems, hardly a realistic expectation. The probability and intensity of revolutionary guerrilla warfare are directly correlated to political instability and social frustration, which in turn are largely determined by the rate of modernization and development.
