1. Introduction
2.I nside the Insurgency
3. The Gray Zone of State-Insurgency Interface
4. Rebel Retirement in the South through Harmonic Exit Networks
5. Rebel Retirement in the North through Discordant Exit
Networks
6. Conclusion
Appendix
Rumela Sen is currently a Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, where she is also affiliated with the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies.
"Every once in a long while, experts will read a book they find
utterly revelatory on their own topic. Rumela Sen's Farewell to
Arms is one of those rare books. The realization that it can often
be more dangerous for a rebel to quit fighting and go back to his
village shines a whole new light on the insurgency trap. Sen's
up-close feel for the social texture of rebellion demonstrates that
powerful theory comes from really knowing the lay of the land."
-- Jack Snyder, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International
Relations, Columbia University
"Rumela Sen offers a novel, careful, and important study of how
rebels leave insurgent groups. This is a crucial but under-studied
question; Sen valuably answers it with a blend of new theory and
fascinating evidence from Maoist insurgency in India." -- Paul
Staniland, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of
Chicago
"A lot is known about why people rebel, but little is understood
about how rebels quit. Under what circumstances do they feel
sufficiently confident about their personal safety to be able to
retire from armed struggle and return to everyday life? Sen's fine
work provides an answer to this question - an important one for
policy - based on scrupulous analysis of data drawn from years of
field research in areas of North and South India that have had
contrasting
experiences. The book is an outstanding original contribution to
the literature on insurgency." -- John Harriss, Emeritus Professor
of International Studies, Simon Fraser University
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