People's War, officially called the Protracted People's War, is a military strategy developed by Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China as an alternative to the conventional struggle brought by the Bolsheviks. The military strategy is adopted by Maoists, who claim that the People's War is universal and can span across all nations provided that it is adapted to the material conditions. The only parties to use the People's War are the Communist Party of China and Maoist Guerrilla Groups such as the Shining Path, Communist Party of India (Maoist), and the Communist Party of the Philippines.