Gérard Chaliand

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Gérard Chaliand (born 15 February 1934) is a French expert in armed-conflict studies and in international and strategic relations, especially asymmetric conflicts (e.g., guerrillas, terrorism).

Experience

"No way, you can't crush the Tigers", Chaliand told Reuters in a 2007 interview on the sidelines of a counter-terrorism conference in Colombo at which he was a keynote speaker. "Technically speaking they are the most efficient movement at present in the world." "Before them I've seen two others which were outstanding. The Vietnamese, and the EPLF from Eritrea -- they won. (The Tigers) are the third one," he added. "You don't crush those guys, now, with the Sri Lankan army, which by the way is not the best in the world."[1]

He was criticized by Sri Lankan Defense Secretary for making comments without true knowledge of ground situation in Sri Lanka.[2]

Selected bibliography

  • The Art of War in World History. Univ. of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07964-9 ()
  • Guerrilla Strategies: An Historical Anthology from the Long March to Afghanistan (California, 1982 )
  • The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas. New York: Viking Books, 1995. xxi + 183 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliographical references. ISBN 0-670-85439-5
  • Atlas du millénaire, avec J-P. Rageau, Paris, éd. Hachette, 1998
  • 2000 ans de chrétienté, Paris, éd. Odile Jacob, 2000 (avec Sophie Mousset).
  • Puissances et influences. Annuaire géopolitique et géostratégique 2000 - 2001, co-edited with A. Blin et F. Géré, Paris, ed. Mille et une nuits, 2000.
  • Guerres et civilisations. De l'Assyrie à l'époque contemporaine, Odile Jacob, 2005.
  • 'Histoire du terrorisme : de l'Antiquité à Al-Qaïda, Bayard, 2004.
  • Atlas du nouvel ordre mondial, Robert Laffont, 2003.
  • Mythes révolutionnaires du Tiers-monde, Seuil, 1979.
  • Anthologie mondiale de la stratégie, Robert Laffont, 1996.
  • Voyages dans 40 ans de guérillas, 2006. ISBN 2-915752-13-3 (extracts)
  • Le Génocide des Arméniens (avec Yves Ternon), Complexe, 1981, 1991, 2002.
  • Slovik le déserteur in L'Algérie pour théâtre, L'Aube, 2003. (Theater)
  • La marche têtue and Feu nomade, L'Aube, 1996. (Poetry)
  • Poésie populaire des turcs et des kurdes.
  • Ernesto Che Guevara. La Guerre de guérilla et autres textes militaires (with Juliette Minces), La Découverte, 1961, 2002.

References

  1. ↑ INTERVIEW-Sri Lanka can't crush Tigers, says terror expert
  2. ↑ INTERVIEW-Sri Lanka can't crush Tigers, says terror expert

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