BROUWER Jelmer <br/><br/>
Helping hands :  external support for the KNU insurgency in Burma / 
Jelmer Brouwer and Joris van Wijk. 
 -  2013 
<br/><br/> At the time of British withdrarwal from Burma the Karen National Union (KNU) wanted an independent state. This did not happen and between 1948 and 2012 the KNU undertook the longest running insurgency in the world. This article considers the sources of support particularly at diaspora and state level, and concludes with some lessons for donor governments. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>KAREN NATIONAL UNION<br/>BURMA--INSURGENCY