The Deception of Victory: The JVP in Sri Lanka and the Long-Term Dynamics of Rebel Reintegration
@article{Hill2013TheDO, title={The Deception of Victory: The JVP in Sri Lanka and the Long-Term Dynamics of Rebel Reintegration}, author={Tom Hill}, journal={International Peacekeeping}, year={2013}, volume={20}, pages={357 - 374} }
This article examines the 40-year history of post-conflict reintegration of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in Sri Lanka. This case study demonstrates that post-civil war reintegration can be as complex and important to peace following an outright military victory as following a formally negotiated settlement. This finding challenges a dominant assumption in the civil wars literature: that decisive military victories create a simpler and more enduring peace because they remove the…
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