The Prabhakaran saga: the rise and fall of an Eelam warrior
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Beschreibung: | 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 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. A home-grown guerilla who built the LTTE into a ruthless war machine and controlled its world-wide network from his hideout and ruled territories under his control with an iron fist; who defied the world and eliminated whoever came in his way, including former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi; who had fighters ready to kill and die in thousands for him ... yet he failed, leaving the future of Sri Lankan Tamils a big que Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | 390 pages |
ISBN: | 9788132109914 8132109910 9788132113980 8132113985 |
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spelling | Murari, S. Verfasser aut The Prabhakaran saga the rise and fall of an Eelam warrior S. Murari New Delhi SAGE India 2012 390 pages txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier 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 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. A home-grown guerilla who built the LTTE into a ruthless war machine and controlled its world-wide network from his hideout and ruled territories under his control with an iron fist; who defied the world and eliminated whoever came in his way, including former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi; who had fighters ready to kill and die in thousands for him ... yet he failed, leaving the future of Sri Lankan Tamils a big que Includes bibliographical references and index Prabhakaran, Velupillai / 1954-2009 fast Prabhakaran, Velupillai 1954-2009 Prabhakaran, Velupillai 1954-2009 (DE-588)131735624 gnd rswk-swf Civil War (Sri Lanka : 1983-2009) fast 1983-2009 fast History HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia bisacsh Geschichte Bürgerkrieg in Sri Lanka (DE-588)4486322-6 gnd rswk-swf Asien 1\p (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Bürgerkrieg in Sri Lanka (DE-588)4486322-6 s 2\p DE-604 Prabhakaran, Velupillai 1954-2009 (DE-588)131735624 p 3\p DE-604 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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title | The Prabhakaran saga the rise and fall of an Eelam warrior |
title_auth | The Prabhakaran saga the rise and fall of an Eelam warrior |
title_exact_search | The Prabhakaran saga the rise and fall of an Eelam warrior |
title_full | The Prabhakaran saga the rise and fall of an Eelam warrior S. Murari |
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title_full_unstemmed | The Prabhakaran saga the rise and fall of an Eelam warrior S. Murari |
title_short | The Prabhakaran saga |
title_sort | the prabhakaran saga the rise and fall of an eelam warrior |
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