War Or Peace in Sri LankaThe Author Is A Long Serving Diplomat And A Close Friend Of Many Players Who Guided The Nation`S Destiny, He Gives Us A Ring-Side View Of The Goings On In The Bloody Drama Of The Ethnic Tamil Strife For Identity. There Is A Momentous Meeting With Ltte Chief, Prabhakaran And A Special Chapter On India`S Clumsy Interference Which Ended In The Tragic Assassination Of Rajiv Gandhi. He Makes A Fervent Plea For Tolerance And Brotherhood In Fellow Sri Lankans So That The Country Can Go Back To Living Justly And In Peace. |
Contents
Chapter I | 1 |
Chapter II | 31 |
Chapter III | 66 |
Chapter V | 149 |
Chapter VI | 200 |
The Quest for Peace 200274 | 274 |
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Air Force aircraft Anton Balasingham areas Armed Forces Army camp assassinated attack Batticaloa Brigadier Ceasefire Agreement Ceylon Tamils Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga civilian Colombo Commander Council D.S. Senanayake Daluwatte Defence delegation Delhi District Eastern Province Election Elephant Pass ensure established ethnic explosion Foreign Minister GOSL Government of India Government of Sri held helicopter Human Rights humanitarian implementation IPKF ISGA issues J.R. Jayewardene Jaffna peninsula July Kilinochchi killed Leader LTTE Major military Minister Rajiv Gandhi Monitoring Mission Mullaitivu Muslims nation Navy negotiations North-Eastern Province Northern Province Norway opened fire operation Palaly Parliament parties agreed peace process Peace talks Police political population Prabhakaran President Jayewardene President Premadasa Prime Minister Rajiv proposal Rajiv Gandhi Ranil Wickremesinghe rehabilitation S.J.V. Chelvanayakam S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike Sea Tigers Singh Sinhala Sinhalese SLFP SLMM Sri Lanka Tamil community Tamil Eelam Tamil Nadu terrorist Trincomalee troops TULF United Vavuniya Velupillai Prabhakaran violence Wanni