Rumela Sen - Farewell to Arms

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Sen, Rumela, author.

Title: Farewell to arms : how rebels retire without getting killed /

Rumela Sen.

Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021. |

Series: Modern South Asia series | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020032559 (print) | LCCN 2020032560 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780197529867 (hardback) | ISBN 9780197529874 (paperback) |

ISBN 9780197529898 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Peace-buildingIndia. | InsurgencyIndia. | Naxalite

movementIndia. | Communist Party of India-Maoist.

Classification: LCC JZ5584.I4 S36 2021 (print) | LCC JZ5584.I4 (ebook) |

DDC 303.6/40954dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020032559

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020032560