Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 10. 22nd May 1975
People's War
People's War
People and not weapons are decisive in warfare. As Giap has said, "It can be said that nowadays in military affairs there is a greater invention than atomic weapons, that is, people's war" In people's war the whole nation is aroused, the entire people is armed and fights on all fronts. Everybody, from small children to the old, take part in the [ unclear: Comaon] struggle, using whatever weapons are available. People's war is revolutionary armed struggle developed on the basis of political struggle. The political struggle and the armed struggle are closely coordinated, supporting and stimulating each other.
The revolutionary armed forces are developed so that all types of warfare, from guerrilla war to regular war, can be fought. The cities are surrounded from the countryside and eventually liberated, as has happened this year in Cambodia and Vietnam.