The separatist conflict in Sri Lanka
Subtitle: terrorism, ethnicity, political economy
By: Asoka Bandarage.
Series: Routledge contemporary South Asia series -- 15
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780415776783; 9780203886311
Subjects: Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association); Tamil (Indic people) -- Sri Lanka -- Politics and government; Sri Lanka -- History -- Civil War, 1983-; Sri Lanka -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
Description: "The book provides a detailed historically-based analysis of the origin, evolution and potential resolution of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka over the struggle to establish a separate state in its Northern and Eastern provinces. This conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the secessionist LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) is one of the world's most intractable contemporary armed struggles. The internationally banned LTTE is considered the prototype of modern terrorism. It is known to have introduced suicide bombing to the world, and recently became the first terrorist organization ever to acquire an air force."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.