Channa Wickremesekera

The Tamil Separatist War in Sri Lanka

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9781138488731
• ISBN-10: 1138488739
• Artikelnr.: 52010063

Autorenporträt

Channa Wickremesekera is an independent scholar and obtained his PhD from Monash University, Australia. He is the author of Best Black Troops in the World (2002) and Kandy at War (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps Acknowledgements Introduction 1. From Assassins to Guerrillas:
the birth of the Tamil Rebellion 2. Learning to Fight: The Sri Lankan
Military 3. The First Showdown: 'Operation Liberation' 4. Chapter 4: The
IPKF Interlude and the Tigers' return 5. The Army on the Offensive 6. The
Rise of the Sea Tigers and the Battle for Kilali 7. A New Regime, a New War
8. The Problem of the Wanni 9. The East in Ferment 10. The Rise and Fall of
the Unceasing Waves 11. The Peace that Failed and the Reconquest of the
East 12. The Rolling up of the Wanni 13. The Last Retreat of the Tamil
Tigers Conclusions