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100 1 _aBROUWER Jelmer
700 _aVAN WIJK Joris
245 _aHelping hands :
_bexternal support for the KNU insurgency in Burma /
_cJelmer Brouwer and Joris van Wijk.
260 _c2013
520 _aAt 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.
650 _aKAREN NATIONAL UNION
650 _aBURMA
_xINSURGENCY
773 _aSmall Wars and Insurgencies :
_gVol 24 no 5, December 2013, pp.834-855 (97)
856 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2013.866422
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