Military Defeat of the Tamil Tigers: From Velvet Glove to Iron Fist
The prevalent wisdom in Counterinsurgency (COIN) theory is that the ‘Iron-Fisted’ approach to defeating insurgencies is counter-productive. The recent success of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces (SLAF) suggests that under the right conditions, a decisive battlefield victory is possible. But will this tran...
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Main Author: | Ong, Weichong |
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Other Authors: | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies |
Format: | Commentary |
Language: | English |
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2016
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82463 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40050 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
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