The Prabhakaran saga : the rise and fall of an Eelam warrior / S. Murari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murari, S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prabhakaran, Velupillai, 1954-2009--Fiction.

Prabhakaran, Velupillai.

Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)--Fiction.

Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association).

Ethnic conflict--Sri Lanka.

Ethnic conflict.

Sri Lanka--History--Civil War, 1983-2009.

Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka--Politics and government--1978-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 362 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : SAGE, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the story of the man who defined the armed struggle for an independent Eelam for over three decades and who lived by the gun and died by the gun-Velupillai Prabhakaran. The book is a first-person account by the author based on his innumerable visits to Sri Lanka during its turbulent years. He looks at the Prabhakaran era, a critical phase in the country's history, objectively, without being judgmental.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; The Accord That Failed; 1 - When Colombo Was in Flames; 2 - Uneasy Peace in Jaffna; 3 - The Deep Ethnic Divide; 4 - Sympathy for Tamils, Not for Their Cause; 5 - Delhi Cracks the Whip on Prabhakaran; 6 - Battle for Jaffna and Operation Food Drop; 7 - India's Vietnam; 8 - IPKF's Strategy; 9 - Jaffna under IPKF Rule; 10 - Progress to North-east Provincial Council; 11 - Enters Premadasa ... and IPKF Is Caught in a Bind; 12 - IPKF Gets Quit Notice; 13 - Jaffna-A Town in Transition; 14 - Murder, Most Foul

15 - Thondaman Averts a Crisis16 - Uneasy Peace in North,Reign of Terror in South; 17 - End of a Misadventure; Eelam War II; 18 - Thirteen-month Honeymoon Ends; 19 - The VIP Treatment; 20 - Pathmanabha Murder; 21 - Dismissal of Karunanidhi Government; 22 - The Turning Point; 23 - The Impeachment Drama; 24 - India Hits Back, Gets Isolated; 25 - Assassination of Premadasa; 26 - Wijetunga's Uninspiring Tenure; Chandrika Era; 27 - Short-lived Hope of Peace; 28 - From PM to President; 29 - Short-lived Truce; 30 - The Battle for Jaffna; 31 - The Bloody Aftermath in Colombo

32 - The Peace Package Diluted33 - The Mullaitivu Attack; 34 - Unceasing Battles; 35 - Chandrika Gets a Fresh Lease of Life; 36 - The Siege of Jaffna; 37 - Devolution Package Falls Through; 38 - Short-lived PA Government; The Long and Uneasy Truce; 39 - United National Party Wins on Peace Plank; 40 - Prabhakaran in the Dock; 41 - Prabhakaran Puts a Cat among Pigeons; 42 - Peace Talks Begin; 43 - Ups and Downs in Talks; 44 - LTTE Opts Out, but Ranil Does Not Give Up; 45 - A Missed Opportunity; 46 - Chandrika Steps In, Norway Steps Out; 47 - Karuna Splits LTTE; 48 - Yet Another Split Verdict

49 - When Tsunami United Lanka50 - Post-tsunami Unity Crumbles; The Last Phase; 51 - Mahinda Wins, with a Little Help from the LTTE; 52 - Undeclared War; 53 - Operation Watershed; 54 - Accord Eludes Geneva II; 55 - Mahinda Strengthens His Hands; 56 - Goodbye Bala!; 57 - LTTE Takes to Wings; 58 - Tit-for-tat Air Raids; 59 - Echo in Tamil Nadu; 60 - Lanka Ends Truce; 61 - Tentative Moves for Solution; 62 - LTTE Offers Truce,Colombo Spurns It; 63 - Prabhakaran's Last Hurrah; 64 - LTTE Citadels Fall; 65 - The Final Battle; 66 - The Bitter End; Epilogue; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613644442

9788132116783

813211678X

9788132113980

8132113985

9781280667510

1280667516

9788132109914

8132109910

OCLC:

794328950