When Counterinsurgency Wins : Sri Lanka's Defeat of the Tamil Tigers /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hashim, Ahmed (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association) > History.
Bürgerkrieg in Sri Lanka
Tamil (Indic people) > Politics and government.
Insurgency.
Counterinsurgency.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Terrorism.
Revoltes > Sri Lanka.
Contre-rebellion > Sri Lanka.
Tamil (Indic people) > Sri Lanka > Politics and government.
Insurgency > Sri Lanka.
Counterinsurgency > Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka > Histoire > 1983-2009 (Guerre civile)
Sri Lanka > History > Civil War, 1983-2009.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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