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Twilight of the Tigers : peace efforts and power struggles in Sri Lanka
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peiris, G. H., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnic conflict--Sri Lanka.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Sri Lanka--History--Civil War, 1983-.
- Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka--History--Civil War, 1983---Armistices.
- Sri Lanka--Politics and government--1978-.
- Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 297 p.) : maps.
- Other Title:
- Twilight of the tigers
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book focuses on the political vicissitudes of Sri Lanka since the initiation in December 2001 of a ceasefire that sought to end the violent confrontation between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan security forces. It shows that the ceasefire did not mark a cessation of hostilities.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-908807-1
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