LEADER 04115nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910463880703321 005 20211005012340.0 010 $a0-8122-0648-7 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812206487 035 $a(CKB)3240000000065245 035 $a(OCoLC)859161734 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748821 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000981508 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12458708 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000981508 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10971821 035 $a(PQKB)10980391 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442235 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17526 035 $a(DE-B1597)449656 035 $a(OCoLC)979741175 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812206487 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442235 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748821 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682515 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000065245 100 $a20121107d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhen counterinsurgency wins$b[electronic resource] $eSri Lanka's defeat of the Tamil Tigers /$fAhmed S. Hashim 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-51233-7 311 0 $a0-8122-4452-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Sri Lankan War in Context --$t2. Background to War: State Formation and Identities in Conflict --$t3. The Eelam Wars I-III Campaigns --$t4. Eelam War IV: A Military Analysis --$t5. Postwar Sri Lanka: Reconciliation or Triumphalism? --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tName Index --$tSubject Index --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS 330 $aFor twenty-six years, civil war tore Sri Lanka apart. Despite numerous peace talks, cease-fires, and external military and diplomatic pressure, war raged on between the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sinhala-dominated Sri Lankan government. Then, in 2009, the Sri Lankan military defeated the insurgents. The win was unequivocal, but the terms of victory were not. The first successful counterinsurgency campaign of the twenty-first century left the world with many questions. How did Sri Lanka ultimately win this seemingly intractable war? Will other nations facing insurgencies be able to adopt Sri Lanka's methods without encountering accusations of human rights violations? Ahmed S. Hashim-who teaches national security strategy and helped craft the U.S. counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq-investigates those questions in the first book to analyze the final stage of the Sri Lankan civil war. When Counterinsurgency Wins 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. 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, the comprehensive, insightful coverage of When Counterinsurgency Wins holds vital lessons for strategists and students of security and defense. 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zSri Lanka 606 $aInsurgency$zSri Lanka 606 $aTamil (Indic people)$zSri Lanka$xPolitics and government 607 $aSri Lanka$xHistory$yCivil War, 1983-2009 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCounterinsurgency 615 0$aInsurgency 615 0$aTamil (Indic people)$xPolitics and government. 676 $a954.93/032 700 $aHashim$b Ahmed$0645886 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463880703321 996 $aWhen counterinsurgency wins$92478887 997 $aUNINA