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To fully understand how Debray was able to modify Guevara’s theory of guerrilla war, one must understand the history of guerrilla war and how it has changed overtime. Ganor believes that Guerrillas attack military and security forces as well as political leadership. However, do not be confused with terrorist groups, they attack civilians in order send a symbolic message (pg 6). Although Eric Reitan would argue that Guerrila style attacks could be considered terroristic because security forces, and political leaders are a target group, therefore, can be classified as a terroristic approach to accomplish an end result (pg 6). During the Napoleonic Wars, Spanish armies would utilize the guerrilla approach by murdering “off-duty soldiers, attack

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