Contemporary, NON-western insurgency/COIN literature or manuals

[jcustis]

I'd look no further than Sri Lanka, although it is argued that the fight against the LTTE was less about classical COIN and more about unrestricted counterinsurgent business (the third link down is important to note and review). Although these are less the literature you may be looking for and more news pieces, hopefully it generates leads for further research:

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...581490#preview

http://stupidest.wordpress.com/2009/...terinsurgency/

http://www.futuredirections.org.au/f...bruary2010.pdf

http://harvardnsj.org/2011/06/think-...rom-sri-lanka/

http://www.idsa.in/event/SriLankaStr...rismExperience

http://news.rediff.com/column/2010/j...operations.htm

http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=ltte

http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=ltte

Now that the LTTE has been comprehensively defeated, how would you put it in the context of the Tamil ethnic struggle?

The struggle for Tamil equality and justice for Tamils did not start with the LTTE and will not end with LTTE. I am not saying that the LTTE has come to an end. But the Sri Lankan government claims to have dealt a comprehensive military defeat.

If indeed their top leadership has been killed that will be a major setback for the LTTE. The struggle for equality and justice of the Tamil-speaking people is very legitimate and has existed even before the LTTE came.

The Sri Lankan situation needs to be put in the right context of the cost of such a "victory" in order to glean relevant knowledge..

[Jedburgh]

I am in possession of a 3 volume set of pamphlets (in Arabic) published by Fatah between 1980 and 1983 on military tactics and operations, with a heavy focus on insurgency. However, there's really nothing new to be found in 'em, as the content is built around well-known and widely published leftist insurgency theory from that late Cold War period.

[c_warner]

I am in possession of a 3 volume set of pamphlets (in Arabic) published by Fatah between 1980 and 1983 on military tactics and operations, with a heavy focus on insurgency. However, there's really nothing new to be found in 'em, as the content is built around well-known and widely published leftist insurgency theory from that late Cold War period.

You wouldn't happen to have digital copies that you could pass along to me? Primary sources such as these are especially interesting to me. Thanks for your interest as well.

[Jedburgh]

You wouldn't happen to have digital copies that you could pass along to me? Primary sources such as these are especially interesting to me. Thanks for your interest as well.

Unfortunately, I don't. I probably should scan the things, though. If I get it done anytime soon, I'll let you know.