Just ran across this;
"Guerrilla warfare is essentially a political war. For this reason, its area of operations goes beyond the territorial limits of conventional warfare, penetrating the political being 'par excellence' itself: the 'political animal' defined by Aristoteles (sic)."
"In effect, the human being must be considered as the priority objective in a political war. And viewed as the military target of guerrilla warfare, the most critical point of the human being is the mind. Once the mind has been reached, the 'political animal' has been vanquished, without necessarily having received any shots."
"Such a degree of political awareness and motivation is obtained through group dynamics and self-criticism as a standard teaching method for guerrilla training and operations. Group discussions increase the spirit and unity of thought of the guerrilla squadrons, and they exert social pressure on the weaker members to perform a better role in future training or in combat actions."
"Self-criticism is made in terms of one's own contribution or failures in one's contribution to the cause, the movement, the struggle, etc., and this introduces an element of positive individual commitment to the mission of the gr."
An excerpt from the psychological warfare manual produced by the CIA for Nicaraguan rebels in the late 1970s or eaantrly 1980s.
Link to PDF on CIA.gov
Bruce