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Evolving Insurgency and India’s Counter-Insurgency Options: Entering into the Age of Fourth-Generation Warfare?

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Connections: The Quarterly Journal, Volume 9, Issue 2, p.65-78 (2010)
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APA style: Chakrabarti, S. (2010).  Evolving Insurgency and India’s Counter-Insurgency Options: Entering into the Age of Fourth-Generation Warfare?. Connections: The Quarterly Journal. 9(2), 65-78.
Chicago style: Chakrabarti, Shantanu. "Evolving Insurgency and India’s Counter-Insurgency Options: Entering into the Age of Fourth-Generation Warfare?" Connections: The Quarterly Journal 9, no. 2 (2010): 65-78.
IEEE style: Chakrabarti, S., "Evolving Insurgency and India’s Counter-Insurgency Options: Entering into the Age of Fourth-Generation Warfare?", Connections: The Quarterly Journal, vol. 9, issue 2, pp. 65-78, Spring 2010.
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.11610/Connections.09.2.05(link is external)
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