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100 | 1 | _aWeiss, Gordon. | |
245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe cage : the fight for Sri Lanka and the last days of the Tamil Tigers |
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_aLondon _bBodley Head _c2011 |
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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. | ||
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_aCivilian war casualties _aSri Lanka _aPolitics and government _aTamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association) _aTamil (Indic people)--Politics and government _aLTTE |
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