Unconventional warfare in South Asia : shadow warriors and counterinsurgency /

"India is the world's tenth largest economy and possesses the world's fourth largest military. The subcontinent houses about one-fifth of the world's population and its inhabitants are divided into various tribes, clans and ethnic groups following four great religions: Buddhism,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gates, Scott
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Roy, Kaushik
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt : Ashgate, [2014]
Subjects:	Irregular warfare > South Asia. Counterinsurgency > South Asia. Insurgency > South Asia. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Counter-insurgency : theories and tools in South Asia
Tribes, state-building and guerrillas in north-east India
Communist insurgencies : Maoists in Nepal and India
Jihadis in Kashmir
Insurgencies and counter-insurgencies in Pakistan
Insurgency and counter-insurgency in Afghanistan : from the Soviets to the Americans
Insurgency and counter-insurgency in Punjab
Insurgency and counter-insurgency in Sri Lanka, 1983-2009.