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Marx had postulated that 'force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one'
— MUHOOZI KAINERUGABA

✳️ Excerpt from book 'Battles of the Ugandan resistance: A tradition of #Maneuver'

#TraditionOfManeuver

It is the ambiguity about the role of individuals in the making of history that presents the greatest problem with the deterministic notions inherent in Marxism's conception of history.

— MUHOOZI KAINERUGABA

✳️ 'Battles of the Ugandan resistance'
#TraditionOfManeuver

For Gen Tumwine, mental preparation in terms of sharpening convictions and demonstrating victory is possible, is much more important than the amount of arms one has access to initially. It is people who win wars not weaponry.
— MUHOOZI KAINERUGABA

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Gen Tumwine's position is strikingly similar to Mao Zedong's assertion that, 'Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor'; it is people, not things that are decisive.'
— KAINERUGABA

✳️ 'Battles of the Ugandan resistance: A tradition of #Maneuver'

FACT: Museveni was (Gen) Elly Tumwine's teacher in Primary six.

✳️Museveni was then in S6 VAC!

#Uganda 🇺🇬
#History

Lenin surmised that the proletariat on its own was incapable of attaining to the revolutionary consciousness necessary for a complete overthrow of the bourgeois state.

— MUHOOZI KAINERUGABA

✳️ 'Battles of the Ugandan resistance: A tradition of #Maneuver'

Two elements were at the root of the NRA's successes as a guerrilla army. 1st was this rigorous ideological preparation of cadres. 2nd was an almost religious adherence to the idea that 'the people are supreme'.

— MUHOOZI KAINERUGABA

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#WarStrategy

If any action appeared to threaten the NRA's relationship with the 'wanainchi' (the people), it was immediately torpedoed.

— MUHOOZI KAINERUGABA

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#WarStrategy
✳️ 'Battles of the Ugandan resistance: A tradition of #Maneuver'

To be able to harness people's convictions is the pinnacle of leadership and of organizational skill.
— MUHOOZI KAINERUGABA

✳️ Excerpt from book 'Battles of the Ugandan resistance: A tradition of #Maneuver'
#NRA
#TraditionOfManeuver

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All the above 👆👆👆excerpts are from one of 13 chapters from the book 'Battles of the Ugandan resistance: A tradition of #Maneuver'
#NRA
#TraditionOfManeuver

You know where to find more, or who to talk to nicely ...... 😅😅😅

✳️ Excerpts from book 'Battles of the Ugandan resistance: A tradition of #Maneuver'
#NRA
#TraditionOfManeuver

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