Counterinsurgency campaigning and national security transformation : lessons from the Eelam war.

Examines insurgency and counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy vis-a-vis the ‘Eelam War’ in Sri Lanka and reveals the fact that overreaction by the state and its inability to adhere to principles of COIN could exacerbate the crisis in favour bf the insurgents.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bhatna Sanjaya Colonne.
Other Authors: Loo, Bernard Fook Weng
Format: Thesis
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14392
Description
Summary:Examines insurgency and counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy vis-a-vis the ‘Eelam War’ in Sri Lanka and reveals the fact that overreaction by the state and its inability to adhere to principles of COIN could exacerbate the crisis in favour bf the insurgents.