**Guerilla Warfare** refers to a form of warfare, usually within a
[state](State_\(Polity\) "wikilink"), where small groups of combatants
make extensive use of ambushes, sabotage, raids, hit-and-run tactics and
mobility in order to overthrow the state.

## Guerilla Wars by Region

### Central America

  - 1954 - 1996: [Guatemalan Civil War](Guatemalan_Civil_War "wikilink")

### Caribbean

  - 1953 - 1959: [Cuban Revolution](Cuban_Revolution "wikilink")

### South America

  - 1973 - 1988: [Resistance to
    Pinochet](Resistance_to_Pinochet "wikilink")