As a matter of fact, those characteristics should be managed with circumspection by any insurgency. The insurgent success or failure may depend of the manner as the organisation manages such important aspects. This work will study the Philippine ‘Hukbalahap Rebellion’ which provides interesting patterns of inadequate development of key characteristics proper of an insurgent movement. Furthermore, the main purpose on this paper is to provide in a critical manner an analysis of three significant characteristics
this new, stable democracy to politically shift into a dictatorship was the Hukbalahap Rebellion in 1954 and a declaration of martial law in 1972 by Ferdinand Marcos, which left the people of the Philippines abused, violated, and fearful. After receiving their full independence the Philippines organized a democracy in 1946 but there was opposition from the communist insurgency that eventually resulted into the Hukbalahap rebellion in 1954 (ABC-CLIO, "Philippines"). The Huk rebellion was a communist
Throughout history there have been many leaders. Some leaders are good or can lead to destruction; others are bad or can lead to independence. A wonderful example of a great leader that led a country to independence is Gandhi. Another example of a great leader that led to independence and can be found in the Brower textbook, The World Since 1945, in Ramon Magsaysay. Gandhi through peace and protest brought independence to India whereas Magsaysay through resistance brought equal independence to the
INTRODUCTION This topic came in my head during a lecture in History Class. The term “Guerrilla Warfare” was already interesting to me. It was discussed for a little, but it didn’t satisfy my curiosity. I never thought of it as a term paper topic, but something to search about until the opportunity to read a lot about it came. It was always on my mind and it caught my attention whenever I hear or see the term “Guerrilla Warfare.” It was hard for me to look for topics until I remembered it out of nowhere
betrayal, the Philippine Republic declared war on the US, commencing the American-Philippine war, which lasted from 1899 to 1902. In 1942, as the United States began establishing military bases in the Philippines, a communist guerrilla group named Hukbalahap (also known as the Huks)- began to branch out from only anti-Japanese activities to fighting against the American military. While fighting the Japanese, the United States found a way to also dismember the Huks by imprisoning high ranking members
Philippine History Spanish Colony 1565 - 1898 Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain in 1519 on the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe with five ships and a complement of 264 crew. Three years later in 1522, only the one ship, the Victoria, returned to Spain with 18 men. The Philippines were the death of Magellan. The expedition sighted the island of Samar on March 16, 1521. Magellan was welcomed by two Rajas, Kolambu and Siagu. He named the islands the Archipelago of San Lazaro, erected