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Sri Lanka State and its military successes / Sultana, Gulbin

Sultana, Gulbin	Journal Article
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2009.

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On 19 May 2009 President Mahinda Rajapaksa formally announced the military victory of the Sri Lankan state over the LTTE. The article has attributed number of factors which contributed in great measure to the military successes of the Sri Lankan state. The military achivement of the Sri Lankan state, shows that if a war against terrorism is fought with strong determination, proper military programme and strategy and solid coordination and cooperation, it is not difficult to militarily eliminate the militant terrorism.

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LTTE ; Military Strategy ; Sri Lanka ; Military Success

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Using combat losses of medical personnel to estimate the impact of trauma care in battle: evidence from world war II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan / Rohlfs, Chris; Sullivan, Ryan ; Treistman, Jeffrey ; Deng, Yang

Treistman, Jeffrey	Article
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This study investigates the effect that US medical personnel deaths in combat have on other unit deaths and ‘military success,’ which we measure using commendation medals as a proxy. We use a difference-in-differences identification strategy, measuring the changes over time in these outcomes following the combat loss of a medic or doctor and comparing it to the changes following the combat loss of a soldier who is not a medic or doctor. We find that overall unit deaths decrease in the five or ten days following the deaths of medical personnel in Vietnam, Korea, and the Pacific theater in World War II (WWII). In contrast, the WWII European and North African results indicate that overall unit deaths rise following medical personnel deaths. We find no relationship between medical personnel deaths and other unit deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. For Korea and the Pacific theater of WWII, our estimates suggest unit commendation medals decrease following the deaths of medical personnel. This pattern of evidence is consistent with a model in which units often halted aggressive tactical maneuvers and reduced pursuit of their military objectives until deceased medical personnel were replaced. The results for the other conflicts are mixed and show little connection between medical personnel deaths and commendation medals.

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Military ; Military Success ; Fatalities ; Medic ; Medical Personnel ; Trauma Care ;
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