The Tamil Separatist War in Sri Lanka

Channa Wickremesekera (Independent researcher, Victoria, Australia)

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Routledge India
07 March 2016

Regional studies; Military history; Politics & government; Warfare & defence; Regional geography

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.

By: Channa Wickremesekera (Independent researcher Victoria Australia)
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781138183117
ISBN 10: 1138183113
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 07 March 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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).

Reviews for The Tamil Separatist War in Sri Lanka

'... it is yet convenient to have a book of reference for the major events of a conflict that took such a long tragic course for practically the parties concerned.' V.Krishna Ananth, Sikkim University, Studies in People's History