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The Tamil Separatist War in Sri Lanka

The complex and long-drawn war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended with the defeat of the Tigers in 2009. This book provides a military history of the conflict in tracing its evolution from a battle between a ragtag guerrilla force and a mainly ceremonial army to one between an organized guerrilla force with semi-conventional capability and a state military apparatus that had morphed into a large and potent force with modern armour, aircraft and naval vessels. Using a wide range of sources this book offers an incisive analysis of the progress and conclusion of one of the longest and most destructive wars in modern South Asia. Comprehensive and accessible, the volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asia, especially Sri Lanka, military history, politics, defence and strategic studies, as well as the general reader.

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Routledge India

<p>The complex and long-drawn war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended with the defeat of the Tigers in 2009. This book provides a military history of the conflict in tracing its evolution from a battle between a ragtag guerrilla force and a mainly ceremonial army to one between an organized guerrilla force with semi-conventional capability and a state military apparatus that had morphed into a large and potent force with modern armour, aircraft and naval vessels. Using a wide range of sources this book offers an incisive analysis of the progress and conclusion of one of the longest and most destructive wars in modern South Asia.</p> <p>Comprehensive and accessible, the volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asia, especially Sri Lanka, military history, politics, defence and strategic studies, as well as the general reader. </p>

Routledge

This book explores the role played by the British perceptions on Indian culture and Indian soldiers in the formation of English East India Company's sepoy army in the second half of the 18th century. It examines the influence of British perceptions on the sepoy's place from the barrack room to the battlefield, demonstrating that prejudice was a cornerstone in the making of the Company's Indian Army.

'Best Black Troops in the World': British Perceptions and the Making of the Sepoy 1746-1805

History

Asia

Manohar Publishers and Distributors

Distant Warriors

Hussein Pub. House

Walls is the story of the crisis in a Sri Lankan family, the Abeywickremes, who have emigrated to Melbourne to escape the uncertainties of Sri Lanka and to ensure for Daughter Ishara a bright future. A short novel which is frequently funny, with a sharp, satirical edge to its humour, yet also emotionally poignant.

Walls: A Novel About a Sri Lanka Family in Australia

Percy Wickremesekera

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