BSSb1155 Guerilla

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Drmola, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), Mgr. Lucie Konečná, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! BSS155 Guerilla && ! NOW ( BSS155 Guerilla )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course is intended as scientific overview of the guerilla and partisan activities in the history and in the contemporary world. Students should be able to understand and to explain specific character of guerilla and partisan war. Students should be able to analyze elements of guerilla and partisan warafare in political context of various areas.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to identify and to analyze guerilla warfare and counter-guerilla activities in historical and geopolitical context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the study of partisans and guerilla; 2. Definition of partisans and guerilla; 3. Theory of partisan and guerilla warafare; 4. Theory of counter-guerilla warfare; 5. Partisans and guerilla to 1918. 6. Partisans and guerilla 1918-1945. 7. Partisans and guerilla 1946-1989 8. Contemporary guerilla in Europe 9. Contemporary guerilla in Africa 10. Contemporary guerilla in Asia 11. Contemporary guerilla in America 12. Contemporary guerilla in Oceania 13. Summary of the course
Literature
    required literature
  • - Ratelle, Jean-François (2022): Ukraine’s Insurgency, Purposefully Limited in Aims and Size, Pokes Holes in Russian Occupation, Russia Matters
  • - Plávka, D. (2018): Súkromné vojenské spoločnosti v protipovstaleckom boji: diskusia nad konceptmi Erika Princeho. Obrana a startegie, roč. 18, č. 2, s. 23-4
  • - Aribowo, T. and Risman, H. (2020): The Comparison of Guerilla Warfare Framework of Mao Tse-Tung, Vo Nguyen Giap, and Che Guevara. Journal of Social and Political Sciences, roč. 3, č. 4, s. 1082-1091
  • MAREŠ, Miroslav. Paramilitarismus v České republice (Paramilitarism in the Czech Republic). 2012th ed. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2012, 317 pp. Politologická řada. ISBN 978-80-7325-297-7. info
  • MAREŠ, Miroslav. Vymezení pojmů terorismus, válka a guerilla v soudobé bezpečnostní terminologii (Definition of the terms terrorism, war and guerilla in contemporary security terminology). Obrana a strategie. Brno: ÚSS VA, 2004, vol. 4, No 1, p. 19-32, 13 pp. ISSN 1214-6463. URL info
  • LAQUEUR, Walter. Guerrilla warfare : a historical & critical study. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1998, xx, 462. ISBN 0765804069. info
    recommended literature
  • RADĚJ, Tomáš. Irácké povstání v letech 2003-2009 : strategie, taktika a ideologie islámských radikálních a nacionalistických uskupení. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 2010, 210 s. ISBN 9788086506913. info
  • STÝSKALÍKOVÁ, Věra. UCK: Terorismus nebo guerilla? (KLA- Terorrism or guerilla?). In SOULEIMANOV, Emil. Terorismus: válka proti státu. první. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2006, p. 203-224, 21 pp. edice. ISBN 80-86861-76-7. info
  • PEČÍNKA, Pavel. Od Guevary k zapatistům - přehled, složení a činnost gerilových hnutí Latinské Ameriky. Brno: Doplněk, 1998, 263 pp. ISBN 80-85765-96-9. URL info
Teaching methods
The course takes the form of both lectures and seminars. There are explained basic thesis guerilla warfare within lectures, which are further discussed during seminars. Presentation of students' seminar works is a part of a seminar.
Assessment methods
Students will receive a final letter grade (A-F) for the semester based on the following components (at least 36 points are necessary): 12 points: seminary thesis 6 points: presentation of outline of thesis. 6 points: in-term test 36 points: final test Grading: 56-60: A; 51-55: B; 46-50: C; 41-45: D; 36-40 E; 35-0: F.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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