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The flexibility of the term ‘peacekeeping’, the convenience which this can have for governments, and the public confusion which can thereby arise are all well illustrated by Indian—Sri Lankan developments since 1987.
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Further Reading
Dennis Austin and Anirudha Gupta. Lions and Tigers. The Crisis in Sri Lanka (London: Centre for Security and Conflict Studies, 1988).
John Bray, ‘Sri Lanka: things fall apart?’, The World Today, 45 (8-9) (August–September 1989).
James Manor (ed.), Sri Lanka in Change and Crisis (London: Croom Helm, 1984).
Kumar Rupesinghe, ‘Sri Lanka: Peacekeeping and Peace Building’, Bulletin of Peace Proposals, 20 (3) (September 1989).
Deepak Tripathi, ‘India’s Maldives mission and after’, The World Today, 45 (1) (January 1989).
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James, A. (1990). India’s Peacekeeping Force in Sri Lanka (1987–1990) and her Assistance to the Maldives (1988). In: Peacekeeping in International Politics. Studies in International Security . Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21026-8_25
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