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Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).
Available at: http://www.ict.org.il/
Site maintained by the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Under the 'International Terrorism' section choose 'Terrorist Organization Profiles' then 'Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement'. Offers information on the group's history, ideology and strategy, leadership, and a list of attacks.
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement Solidarity Page.
Available at: http://burn.ucsd.edu/%7Eats/mrta.htm
Site provides a history of the group, statements by MRTA, communiques, and interviews.
** For additional internet sites, refer to the General Internet Resources section at the beginning of this bibliography.
Books
Anderson, Sean and Sloan, Stephen. Historical Dictionary of Terrorism. Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1995. 452 p.
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, pp 350-352.
Book call no.: R 303.62503 A594h
Brogan, Patrick. World Conflicts: A Comprehensive Guide to World Strife since 1945. Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 1998. 682 p.
Peru, pp 523-533.
Book call no.: 909.82 B866w 1998
Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America, edited by Cynthia J. Arnson. Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 1999. 493 p.
Peace in Peru: An Unfinished Task, pp 205-222.
Book call no.: 980.033 C737
Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook 1999. Alexandria, VA, International Strategic Studies Association, 1999. 1760 p.
Peru, pp 1151-1163 (especially note section one 'History' and section nine 'Insurgency Groups').
Book call no.: R 355 D313 1999
Foreign Military Markets: Latin America & Caribbean. Newtown, CT, Forecast International/DMS, 2000. 1 vol.
Peru - September 1999 report. Especially note the 'Analysis' section.
Book call no.: R 338.476234 F7141
Jane's Sentinel: South America. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2000. 1 vol.
Peru - offers a sixty-three page report. Especially note the sections on 'Internal Affairs' and 'Security and Foreign Forces'.
Book call no.: R 980 J33 2000 Feb-Jul
Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 1999. 520 p.
Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA), pp 116-117.
Group Leaders: Victor Alfredo Polay Campos, p 291 and Nestor Cerpa Cartolini p 293.
MRTA: Diary of Events, p 399.
Book call no.: R 364.1 J33 1999 May-August
Klaren, Peter Flindell. Peru: Society and Nationhood in the Andes. New York, Oxford University Press, 2000. 494 p.
See index under 'Shining Path' and 'Tupac Amaru' for specific references.
Book call no.: 985 K63p
McClintock, Cynthia. Revolutionary Movements in Latin America. Washington, United States Institute of Peace Press, 1998. 492 p.
See index under 'Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement' for specific references.
Book call no.: 303.64 M165r
Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1999. Washington, U.S. Dept of State, April 2000. 107 p.
Peru, p 25.
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), p 89.
Also available online at: http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/1999report/1999index.html
Book call no.: R 303.625 P316 1999
Political Risk Yearbook 1998: Volume III - South America. East Syracuse, NY, PRS Group, 1998. 1 vol.
Peru: Social Conditions, p A-4.
Peru: Sendero Luminoso, pp B-7 and B-8.
Peru: Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), pp B-8 and B-9.
Peru: Eighteen-Month Forecasts of Turmoil (includes a chart of terrorist activities by type and year 1991-1997), pp D-1 through D-3.
Book call no.: 980.037 P769 1998
Radu, Michael and Tismaneanu, Vladimir. Latin American Revolutionaries: Groups, Goals, Methods. Washington, Pergamon-Brassey's, 1990. 386 p.
MRTA, pp 339-345. See index for additional references.
Book call no.: 322.42098 R132L
Schweitzer, Glenn E. and Dorsch, Carole C. Superterrorism: Assassins, Mobsters, and Weapons of Mass Destruction. New York, Plenum Trade, 1998. 363 p.
Hostage Crisis at the Japanese Embassy, pp 242-244.
Book call no.: 303.625 S413s
South America Central America and the Caribbean 2000. 8th ed. London, Europa Publications Limited, 1999. 832 p.
Peru: History, pp 586-590.
Book call no.: R 980.003 S726 8th ed 2000
World Conflicts and Confrontations Volume I: The Americas, edited by Charles F. Bahmueller. Hackensack, NJ, Salem Press, 2000. 1 vol.
Peru, pp 222-230.
Book call no.: R 909.82 W9273 v.1
Rodriguez, Manuel A., VII. En la Boca del Lobo - In the Mouth of the Wolf: The US Military and the Drug War in Peru. Fort Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army Command & General Staff College. School of Advanced Military Studies, May 1997. 59 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 R696e
Brooke, James. The Rebels and Their Cause: 12 Years of Peru's Turmoil. New York Times,, p A12 (Late Edition), December 19, 1996. Communiques of MRTA. TVI Report 13, no.1:10-22 1997. The Ebb and Flow of Political Violence. Current History 99:63 February 2000. Foreign Broadcast Information Service Reports. Fujimori Defies San Jose Court/ MRTA Prisoners. Latin American Weekly Report, p 465, October 5, 1999. Fujimori's Deeper Problems. NACLA Report on the Americas 30:5 January-February 1997. Guerrillas Prove They Are Still Around. Latin American Weekly Report, p 472, October 12, 1999. Jenkins, Brian Michael. The Siege in Lima. TVI Report 13, no.1:3-4 1997. Krauss, Clifford. Peru Troops Rescue Hostages; Rebels Slain as Standoff Ends. New York Times, p A1+, cols 3-6, April 23, 1997. Krauss, Clifford. Rescue's Architect: Fujimori's Shadowy Alter Ego. New York Times,, p A6 (Late Edition), April 28, 1997. Leader, Stefan and Wiencek, David. Drug Money: The Fuel for Global Terrorism. Jane's Intelligence Review 12:49-54 February 2000. MRTA International Links Uncovered: Bolivia Was to Be Base for Regrouping, Police Say. Latin American Weekly Report, pp 2-3, January 11, 1996. Nelan, Bruce W. How They Did It. Time 149:56-60 May 5, 1997. Ocampo, Alberto Bolivar. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Peru, 1980-1990. Low Intensity Conflict & Law Enforcement 6:1-26 Summer 1997. Palmer, David S. Democracy and Its Discontents in Fujimori's Peru. Current History 99:60-65 February 2000. Powers, Mary. Hostages Freed in Peru; Rebels Die in Army Raid. Washington Post, p A1+, cols 1-5, April 23, 1997. Salisbury, Bill. Blueprint to a Rescue. Soldier of Fortune 22:60-66+ October 1997. Sater, William F. The Peruvian Hostage Crisis. TVI Report 13, no.1:4-9 1997. Shenon, Philip. Strategies: Raid Stuck to Rules, with a Few Twists. New York Times, p A13 (Late Edition), April 24, 1997. Sims, Calvin. Guerrillas in Peru Threaten to Kill Hostages. New York Times,, pA1+, December 19, 1996. Sims, Calvin. How Peruvian Hostage Crisis Became Trip into the Surreal. 126 Days: A Special Report. New York Times, p A1+, April 26, 1997. Sims, Calvin. No Progress Seen in Peruvian Talks on 140 Hostages. New York Times,, pA1+ (Late Edition), December 24, 1996. Sims, Calvin. A Signal, and Peru Hostages Opened Door to Raid. New York Times, p A1+, April 24, 1997. Witkin, Gordon and others. Peru Takes No Prisoners: Stunning Rescue Mission by the Book. U.S. News & World Report 122:32+ May 5, 1997.
Offers the text of 18 communiques given during or soon after the 1997 Peruvian hostage crisis.
For up-to-date information on Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) check the FBIS online database. Articles are available for 1999 and 2000. (FBIS is a subscription service available in-house at the Air University Library).
Note last section.
Presents information on MRTA, the hostage situation, and the redevelopment of the MRTA and the Shining Path.
Provides an in-depth three page review of the rescue along with a chronology of the four month hostage situation.
Discusses Peru's intelligence chief, Ivan Vladimiro Montesinos, and his connection to the MRTA embassy hostage situation.
Reviews the rescue of the Japanese Embassy hostages in Lima.
Includes an inset titled "The Ebb and Flow of Political Violence".
Continues on pages 26 and 27 (entire pages) offering several related articles and two inserts titled "The Chronology of the Crisis" and "The Ex-Hostages"(a list of the 72 hostages by name and title).
Reviews the Japanese Embassy hostage rescue.
Tupac Amaru guerrillas take hundreds of international dignitaries hostage in a raid on the Japanese ambassadors's home in Lima. Includes a timeline of events, map of the area, and photograph of the compound.
Continuing situation with Tupac Amaru hostages, 225 have been released, 140 others still in danger.
Offers a blueprint of the raid with a five-step review of the rescue.
Offers graphics on "Keys to the Successful Raid" and also a timetable of the rescue.
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