Dialectic Of Position And Maneuver

Daniel Egan, Ph.D. in Sociology, Boston College, 1994, is Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His major research and teaching areas are social theory, political sociology, and globalization. His current work focuses on the intersection between military doctrine and social theory.

• Acknowledgments1. Introduction: Marxism and the Military Metaphor2. Gramsci’s MarxismWorking Class Organization and Revolutionary PoliticsPolitical Relations of Power3. War of Maneuver and War of PositionWar as MetaphorAnalysis of the Metaphor4. Marxism and InsurrectionEngels and InsurrectionLenin, Trotsky and InsurrectionThe Communist International and InsurrectionThe Gramscian Nature of Insurrection5. Soviet Military DoctrineCreating the Red ArmySoviet Military Science: Tactics, Operational Art, StrategyDeep Battle and Gramsci’s War of Position6 Marxism and Guerrilla WarfarePeople’s WarThe FocoThe Gramscian Character of Guerrilla Warfare7. Conclusion: Lessons for Socialist Political StrategyThe Dialectic of Position and ManeuverThe Gramscian War of Position and Twenty-First Century SocialismReferencesIndex