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When counterinsurgency wins : Sri Lanka's defeat of the Tamil Tigers /

The tactics of the Tamil Tigers have been emulated by militant groups in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia. Whether or not the Sri Lankan counterinsurgency campaign can or should be emulated in kind, this book holds lessons for strategists and students of security and defense.--description p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hashim, Ahmed (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Sri Lankan war in context
  • Background to war : State formation and identities in conflict
  • The Eelam War I-III campaigns
  • Eelam War IV : A military analysis
  • Postwar Sri Lanka : Reconciliation or triumphalism?