"This collection of essays will bring to English-language readers the most comprehensive, most nuanced exploration of Shining Path--and of Peru during the last fifteen years--available."-- John Tutino, Georgetown University

About the Series ix
Preface and Acknowledgments xi
Introduction. Beyond Enigma: An Agenda for Interpreting Shining Path and Peru, 1980–1995 / Steve J. Stern 1
Part I. Within and Against History: Conceptualizing Roots
1. From Race to Class: Insurgent Intellectuals de provincia in Peru, 1910–1970 / Marisol de la Cadena 22
2. On Poor Relations and the Nouveau Riche: Shining Path and the Radical Peruvian Left / Iván Hinojosa 60
3. Chronicle of a Path Foretold? Velasco's Revolution, Vanguardia Revolucionaria, and "Shining Omens" in the Indigenous Communities of Andahuaylas / Florencia E. Mallon 84
Part II. The Conquest that Failed: The War for the Center-South
Introduction to Part II 121
4. Harvesting Storms: Peasant Rondas and the Defeat of Sendero Luminoso in Ayacucho / Carlos Iván Degregori 128
5. Family, Culture, and "Revolution": Everyday Life with Sendero Luminoso / Ponciano del Pino H. 158
6. The War of the Central Sierra / Nelson Manrique 192
7. Villagers at Arms: War and Counterrevolution in the Central-South Andes / Orin Starn 224
Part III. Obliterating Third Paths: The Battles of Lima and Puno
Introduction to Part III 261
8. Shining Path and the "Decisive Battle" in Lima's Barriadas: The Case of Villa El Salvador / Jo-Marie Burt 267
9. Apogee and Crisis of a "Third Path": Mariateguismo, "People's War," and Counterinsurgency in Puno, 1987–1994 / José Luis Rénique 307
Part IV. Women as Citizen-Subjects: Exploring the Gendered War
Introduction to Part IV 341
10. Women in War: Impact and Responses / Isabel Coral Cordero 345
Part V. Political Rule, Political Culture: The Ironic Legacies of War
Introduction to Part V 377
11. Civil-Military Relations in Peru, 1980–1996: How to Control and Coopt the Military (and the consequences of doing so) / Enrique Obando 385
12. Alberto Fujimori: "The Man Peru Needed?" / Patricia Oliart 411
13. Sendero Luminoso and Human Rights: A Perverse Logic that Captured the Country / Carlos Basombrío Iglesias 425
14. Human Rights and Social Referents: The Construction of New Sensibilities / Hortensia Muñoz 447
Conclusion. Shining and Other Paths: The Origins, Dynamics, and Legacies of War, 1980–1995 / Steve J. Stern 470
Abbreviations and Organizations 477
Bibliography 481
Index 511
Contributors 533