The Western Leyte Guerrilla Warfare Forces: A Case Study in the Non-Legitimation of a Guerrilla Organization

Abstract

When invasion forces occupy a land, elements of the local popu lation may regroup and organize into a resistance movement. In so doing, the resisters are challenging the legitimacy of the con queror-imposed regime. Through tactics ranging from non-co operation to armed combat, the resisters hope to sap the strength of the conqueror, attract outside military intervention, and event ually expel the alien.