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005			20240726104809.0
008			190513s2018 enkabf ob 000 0 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT
020			_a9781913118440 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aDS489 _b.P373 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aFontanellaz, Adrien, _e1
245	1	0	_aParadise afire /Adrien Fontanellaz and Tom Cooper.
260			_aSolihull, West Midlands : _bHelion and Company Limited, _c(c)2018-]
300			_a1 online resource (volumes) : _billustrations (some color), maps (some color).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aAsia@war series ; _vno. 6
500			_aCover title.
504			_a1
505	0	0	_tThe Sri Lankan War, 1971-1987 --
520	0		_a"When released into independence from Great Britain in 1948, the stunningly beautiful island of Ceylon, renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, was expected to become a sort of 'South Asian Singapore.' However, stable political order and bright economic prospects proved insufficient to maintain peace. A host of unsolved ethnic conflicts and social inequalities conspired to erupt into an armed conflict in 1971. When this broke out the entire Sri Lankan society was shocked to its core by a large-scale insurgency instigated by a Sinhalese Maoist group, JVP. Worse still, this was followed by the gradual buildup of several other Tamil groups in the north of the island. Following riots known as 'Black July' in 1983, Sri Lanka was ripped apart by a murderous war against Tamil insurgents, which caught the armed forces wrong-footed because of the government's reluctance to buildup its military to necessary levels. This came to a temporary stop in 1987 with the implementation of a peace arrangement virtually enforced by the government of India and a deployment of a large peacekeeping force of the Indian military. By that time, the notorious LTTE emerged as the most powerful Tamil insurgent movement and the principal opponent of the Sri Lankan armed forces. Eventually, the Indian military intervention proved to be only a temporary solution. The LTTE turned against the Indian military but suffered heavily in return. However, this provided some breathing space for the Sri Lankan military, which then launched a vicious and protracted counterinsurgency campaign against the JVP. The fighting thus went on. Relying on extensive studies of the Sri Lankan War with the help of firsthand sources, official documentation and publications from all of involved parties, this volume provides an in-depth and particularly detailed account of military operations during the first 16 years of this war"--Publisher's description.
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655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aCooper, Tom, _d1970- _e1
856	4	0	_zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password. _uhttpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2127248&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell