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Aid, Peacebuilding and the Resurgence of War
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00As one of South Asia's oldest democracies Sri Lanka is a critical case to examine the limits of a liberal peace, peacebuilding and external engagement in the settlement of civil wars. Based on nine years of research, and more than 100 interviews with those affected by the war, NGOs, and local and international elites engaged in the peace process. more...
Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book explores the dilemmas that Buddhism faces in relation to the continuing ethnic conflict and violence in modern Sri Lanka. Prominent scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, Buddhist studies and Pali examine multiple dimensions of the problem. Buddhist responses to the crisis are discussed in detail,... more...
Economy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri Lanka
Indiana University Press 2004; US$ 18.35"Will be of interest to those working on conflict and peace studies, economic development, cultural studies, and women in the modern world. A key new publication." -- Chandra R. de Silva, Old Dominion University "... offers a superb overview of how a civil war, driven by ethnicity, can... more...
Enemy Lines
University of California Press 2007; US$ 24.95Enemy Lines captures the extraordinary story of boys and girls coming of age during a civil war. Margaret Trawick lived and worked in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka, where thousands of youths have been recruited into the Sri Lankan armed resistance movement known as the Tamil Tigers. This compelling account of her experiences is a powerful exploration... more...
Dining with al-Qaeda
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 7.99Following in the footsteps of Sir Richard Burton and Lawrence of Arabia, Hugh Pope presents his modern-day explorations, mined from more than three decades, of the politics, religion, and aspirations of Muslim peoples to show how the Middle East is much more than a monolithic "Islamic World." An Oxford-educated scholar of the Middle East and... more...
The Intra-Group Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 130.00Through an examination of the critical junctures in post-colonial Sri Lanka, Kenneth D. Bush refines and advances our understanding of the dynamics underpinning violent and non-violent 'ethnic' conflict. The book enables us to understand how the ebb and flow of relations within ethnic groups affects relations between groups, for good or for ill. more...
Ceylon Under British Rule 1795-1932
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 166.00Published in 1964, " Ceylon Under British Rule, 1795-1932" is an important contribution to History. more...
In Defense of Dharma
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 63.95This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. In a study that is textual, historical and anthropological, it is argued that the ongoing Sinhala-Tamil conflict is in actual practice often justified by a resort to religious stories that allow for war when Buddhism... more...
The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 168.00The book provides a detailed historically-based analysis of the origin, evolution and potential resolution of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka over the struggle to establish a separate state in its Northern and Eastern provinces. This conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the secessionist LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) is one of the... more...









