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010 _a 2011459465
020 _a9781847921390
082 0 4 _a320.95493090511
_bWEI/C
100 1 _aWeiss, Gordon.
245 1 4 _aThe cage : the fight for Sri Lanka and the last days of the Tamil Tigers
260 _aLondon
_bBodley Head
_c2011
300 _axxix, 352p. :
_bill., maps ;
520 _aIn 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.
650 0 _aCivilian war casualties
_aSri Lanka
_aPolitics and government
_aTamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
_aTamil (Indic people)--Politics and government
_aLTTE
942 _cBK
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_d61277