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Research Article

Small wars as ‘savage warfare’: rethinking colonial counterinsurgency operations in Northeast India and Northwest Burma (1826–1919)

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Pages 571-596 | Received 03 Feb 2022, Accepted 13 Apr 2022, Published online: 18 Apr 2022

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