This series of essays on insurgency and revolution focuses on events in Latin America since 1956. The contributors discuss revolutionary theory, the nature of social movements and models of social action. Topics raised include terror, guerilla regimes, mobilizing peasants, and the vulnerability of regimes to revolution.

The Revolutionary Process and Theories of Social Movements -- The Rise and Sometimes Fall of Guerrilla Governments in Latin America -- Terror and Guerrilla Warfare in Latin America, 1956-70 -- Ideology and Revolution? The Limitations of Consciousness Raising in Revolutionary Struggles -- Revolutionary Outcomes and Theories of Revolution -- What Makes Peasants Insurrectionary? -- Of Peasant-based Rebellions and Weak Regimes: Adapting Revolutionary Theories to Latin American Realities.