Silva, K. M. De  <br/><br/>
Sri Lanka and the Defeat of the LTTE 
K. M. De Silva 
 - New Delhi   Penguin Books  2012 
 - x, 352 p.    : maps ; 20 cm 
<br/><br/> The most wide-ranging analysis so far on the LTTE and its violent legacy.<br/>Selling Points: A perceptive new study of terrorism in Sri Lanka by a respected scholar which turns the spotlight on the LTTE. Extensively researched and loaded with perceptive insights the book. In this comprehensive and authoritative study of terrorism in Sri Lanka, K.M. de Silva turns the spotlight on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its role in Sri Lanka’s upheavals over the last few decades. While tracing the emergence of this separatist group and the events that led to its recent collapse, de Silva also seeks to explore the complex relationship between the so-called moderates in Sri Lankan Tamil politics and the Tamil terrorist groups. What emerges is a layered portrait of the dynamics of Sri Lanka’s political system. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143416524  Rs. 524.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sri Lanka<br/>Politics and government<br/>Ethnic conflict--Political aspects<br/>Education and state<br/> Sri Lanka Ethnic relations Political aspects
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.95493  / SIL