When counterinsurgency wins : Sri Lanka's defeat of the Tamil Tigers / Ahmed S. Hashim.

By:

Hashim, Ahmed S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013.; New Delhi : Cambridge University Press India, under the imprint of Foundation Books, 2014.Description: 265 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN:

9789382993476 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

954.93032 HAS 23

LOC classification:

DS489.84 .H375 2013

Abstract: This book traces the development of the counterinsurgency campaign in Sri Lanka from the early stages of the war to the later adaptations of the Sri Lankan government, leading up to the final campaign. The campaign itself is analyzed in terms of military strategy but is also given political and historical context-critical to comprehending the conditions that give rise to insurgent violence.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-259) and index.

This book traces the development of the counterinsurgency campaign in Sri Lanka from the early stages of the war to the later adaptations of the Sri Lankan government, leading up to the final campaign. The campaign itself is analyzed in terms of military strategy but is also given political and historical context-critical to comprehending the conditions that give rise to insurgent violence.

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