In such tense times, a solid portion of American people have resorted to "prepping" for some kind of national, or even global disaster. A lot of them are preparing for a civil war; they're building bunkers or compounds stocked with food, water, weapons, and ammunition.
This phenomenon is found mostly in Rural areas. In the state where I live, every guy flying a Gadsden flag, and there are a lot, has some kind of facility to weather some kind of societal breakdown. When "shit hits the fan", as they say.
When I myself began to see the writing on the wall, I didn't have the money to prepare with months of canned goods, water, and an arsenal firearms, no; I collected books, some physical some digital.
Among my favorite of these books is Che Guevara's manual, *Guerrilla Warfare*. These were the tactics that allowed a mere boat full of men, who lost all of their equipment when the boat capsized, to liberate Cuba from a fascist puppet dictator installed by no less than The United States.
The CIA practically plagiarized this manual, but left out an important concept; winning the minds and hearts of the oppressed people. The CIA manual is "efficient" but not complete.
Guevara's manual takes a very material analysis of the battle field, how to obtain and preserve weapons and ammunition, how to expand ranks, and how to minimize casualties.
One thing I noticed about right wing American militias is their usual formation while marching through Urban areas. They seem to have watched too many Vietnam movies, and learned nothing from them except how cool it looks to repeat a tactical mistake. This could work to a much smaller group's advantage.
Such wisdom and more is contained in *Guerrilla Warfare* by Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
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