Beyond the Gonzalo Mystique: Challenges to Abimael Guzmán’s Leadership inside Peru’s Shining Path, 1982–1992

From the moment it launched its armed insurgency in 1980 until the death of its former leader in September 2021, Peru’s Shining Path mesmerized observers. The Maoist group had a well-established reputation as a personality cult whose members were fanatically devoted to Abimael Guzmán, the messianic...

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Main Authors: Miguel La Serna, Orin Starn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-12-01
Series:Latin American Research Review
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1542427823000251/type/journal_article