In February 1996, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) launched a''people's War' basing their strategy on the writings and experience of Maotse-Tung, but also drawing on more recent experiences in ?Asia and Latin America (notably that of the ''Shining Path movement in Peru) . Although subject to aggressive police operations in the early years, the rebels were able to establish themselves in the mid-west of Nepal and began to extend the ...
