The cage : the fight for Sri Lanka and the last days of the Tamil Tigers
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TextPublication details: London Bodley Head 2011Description: xxix, 352p. : ill., mapsISBN: 9781847921390 Subject(s): Civilian war casualties Sri Lanka Politics and government Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association) Tamil (Indic people)--Politics and government LTTEDDC classification: 320.95493090511 Summary: In pursuit of power and fundamentalist Buddhism, an oligarchy of Sinhalese political leaders and monks hi-jacked democracy in Sri Lanka. In response a brutal enemy was born: the Tamil Tigers. The result, one of modern history's longest civil conflicts, spawned a host of horrific innovations, from suicide bombers to violent Buddhism.
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In pursuit of power and fundamentalist Buddhism, an oligarchy of Sinhalese political leaders and monks hi-jacked democracy in Sri Lanka. In response a brutal enemy was born: the Tamil Tigers. The result, one of modern history's longest civil conflicts, spawned a host of horrific innovations, from suicide bombers to violent Buddhism.
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