{"product_id":"how-difficult-it-is-to-carlos-ivzan-degregori-9780299289249","title":"How Difficult It Is to Be God: Shining Pathas Politics of War in Peru, 1980a 1999","description":"The revolutionary war launched by Shining Path, a Maoist insurgency, was the most violent upheaval in modern Peru's history, claiming some 70,000 lives in the 1980s-1990s and drawing widespread international attention. Yet for many observers, Shining Path's initial successes were a mystery. What explained its cult-like appeal, and what actually happened inside the Andean communities at war? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHow Difficult It Is to Be God, \u003c\/i\u003e Carlos Iván Degregori--the world's leading expert on Shining Path and the intellectual architect for Peru's highly regarded Truth and Reconciliation Commission--elucidates the movement's dynamics. An anthropologist who witnessed Shining Path's recruitment of militants in the 1970s, Degregori grounds his findings in deep research and fieldwork. He explains not only the ideology and culture of revolution among the insurgents, but also their capacity to extend their influence to university youths, Indian communities, and competing social and political movements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Making Degregori's most important work available to English-language readers for the first time, this translation includes a new introduction by historian Steve J. Stern, who analyzes the author's achievement, why it matters, and the debates it sparked. For anyone interested in Peru and Latin America's age of \"dirty war,\" or in the comparative study of revolutions, Maoism, and human rights, this book will provide arresting new insights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlos Iván Degregori\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299289249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299289249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/30\/2012 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013","brand":"Carlos Iván Degregori","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064818872575,"sku":"9780299289249","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d5caf5b-9954-4b69-828e-86b43ac848d5.jpg?v=1768671238","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-difficult-it-is-to-carlos-ivzan-degregori-9780299289249","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}