Includes maps of: Peru, circa 1980; Department of Ayacucho, circa 1980; San Francisco (Sello de Oro) Guerrilla Zone; Department of Puno.

Introduction. Beyond enigma: an agenda for interpreting shining path and Peru, 1980-1995 /Steve J. Stern -- From race to class: insurgent intellectuals de provincia in Peru, 1910-1970 / Marisol de la Cadena -- On poor relations and the nouveau riche: Shining Path and the radical Peruvian left / Ivan Hinojosa -- Chronicle of a path foretold? Velasco's revolution, vanguardia revolucionaria, and "shining omens" in the indigenous communities of Andahuaylas / Florencia E. Mallon -- Harvesting storms: peasant Rondas and the defeat of Sendero Luminoso in Ayacucho / Carlos Ivan Degregori -- Family, culture, and "revolution": everyday life with Sendero Luminoso / Ponciano del Pino H. -- War for the central sierra / Nelson Manrique -- Villagers at arms: war and counterrevolution in the central-south Andes / Orin Starn -- Shining path and the "decisive battle" in Lima's Barriadas : the case of Villa El Salvador / Jo-Marie Burt -- Apogee and crisis of a "third path" : Mariateguismo, "people's war," and counterinsurgency in Puno, 1987-1994 / Jose Luis Renique -- Women in war: impact and responses / Isabel Coral Cordero -- Civil-military relations in Peru, 1980-1996: how to control and coopt the military (and the consequences of doing so) / Enrique Obando -- Alberto Fujimori : "the man Peru needed?" / Patricia Oliart -- Sendero Luminoso and human rights: a perverse logic that captured the country / Carlos Basombrio Iglesias -- Human rights and social referents: the construction of new sensibilities / Hortensia Munoz -- Conclusion. Shining and other paths: the origins, dynamics, and legacies of war, 1980-1995 / Steve J. Stern.