Helping hands : external support for the KNU insurgency in Burma / Jelmer Brouwer and Joris van Wijk.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2013Subject(s): Online resources: In: Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol 24 no 5, December 2013, pp.834-855 (97)Summary: 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.
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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.

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