The tiger vanquished : LTTE's story / M.R. Narayan Swamy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Narayan Swamy, M. R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association).

Tamil (Indic people)--Sri Lanka--Politics and government.

Ethnic conflict--Sri Lanka.

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

Sri Lanka--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lxxxii, 189 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Collection of news stories and commentaries penned by the author from 2003 to 2009.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Key years in ltte history; The final conversation: May 2009; Introduction; Testimonies of LTE cadres; 2003-2005; 1 - Why does LTTE make pro-India noises?; 2 - Turmoil in Tiger land; 3 - "Only a snake understands a snake"; 4 - Can tsunami bring peace to Sri Lanka?; 5 - The tsunami, and Prabhakaran; 6 - Tribute: Shankar Rajee; 7 - Kadirgamar assassination will kill peace process; 8 - Norway has to recalibrate Sri Lanka peace process; 2006; 9 - Switzerland taking deep interest in Sri Lanka; 10 - Solheim not to quit peace process

11 - India clawing back to Sri Lanka's northeast12 - A book is a window to knowledge; 13 - Indian PM urges Rajapaksa to save Tamils in Trincomalee; 14 - Suicide bomber blows up Sri Lanka's peace process; 15 - Prabhakaran's pride: Or why he refused to meet Akashi; 16 - Co-chairs' forthright Sri Lanka edict will please India; 17 - Indian trader brutally killed, two missing in Sri Lanka; 18 - Pro-LTTE website attacks Karunanidhi; 19 - Armed with parrots, Tamil girl flees to India; 20 - In war torn Sri Lanka, a widow remembers; 21 - Be patient please, Sri Lanka to tell India

22 - Faltering Sri Lankan peace process23 - Solheim calls Karuna allegations "complete lies"; 24 - Experts suggest "genuine power sharing" in Sri Lanka; 25 - Balasingham epitomized LTTE's love-hateties with India; 26 - Sri Lanka needs new truce agreement; 2007; 27 - Why George Bush cannot match Sonia Gandhi?; 28 - Misery, epidemic go hand in hand in troubled Sri Lanka; 29 - Sri Lanka's abduction industry has top academic in its grip; 30 - War material seizure signal LTTE bracing for guerrilla war; 31 - LTTE cannot be defeated militarily, US tells Sri Lanka

32 - India concerned over LTTE explosives smuggling33 - Husband dead, Tamil woman wants to return to Sri Lanka; 34 - A historic accord few remember today; 35 - On to Tamil Eelam: From bicycle to aircraft; 36 - Amid war, India's emerging Sri Lanka tilt; 37 - How to tell Tamils they don't belong to Sri Lanka?; 38 - Action above ideology for Black Sea Tigers; 39 - Use dignified language, Bhagwati tells Sri Lanka; 40 - Two decades later, LTTE suicide bombers live on; 41 - "Why no memorial for the IPKF in India?"; 42 - India-Sri Lanka accord: Does it still flicker?

43 - Britain favours "regime change" in Sri Lanka44 - Tamilchelvan's killing a disaster to LTTE-and Sri Lanka; 45 - Sri Lanka gained upper hand over LTTE in 2007; 2008; 46 - LTTE man's arrest for abduction plan first since 1991; 47 - India's covert role in Sri Lanka's ceasefire; 48 - India meddling in Sri Lanka affairs, says JVP; 49 - I want to bring peace to Sri Lanka: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar; 50 - India's Sri Lanka power project runs into Tamil storm; 51 - Sri Lanka cannot negotiate with LTTE, says diplomat; 52 - In Sri Lanka, LTTE territory shrinks and shrinks

53 - We have failed to convince the world: Sri Lanka defence secretary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612839740

9789385985980

9385985981

9788132112075

8132112075

9781282839748

1282839748

9788132105558

8132105559

OCLC:

671549848