Triumphalism, fear and humiliation: The psychological legacy of Sri Lanka's civil war

Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-222

  Jayawickreme, Eranda ^a   Jayawickreme, Nuwan ^a   Miller, Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil war; Collective narcissism; Core beliefs; Humiliation; Sri lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960532053     PISSN: 17467586     EISSN: 17467594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17467586.2010.531031     Document Type: Article

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