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Long War Cold Peace Summary

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2. The book “Long War, Cold Peace” is written by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and it is a comprehensive peace of study regarding the three decade of conflict between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). In this book he has elaborated the root causes and aftermaths of the conflict. Dr. Jayatilleka is a political scientist, author and a diplomat served as Ambassador to UN in Geneva and till January 2013, to France and UNESCO.

3. The ‘Long War, Cold Peace’ mainly deals with political aspects and its extension: war and its aftermaths. Here Dr. Jayatilleka represents an educated, thoughtful political scientist who looked in to the Sri Lankan ethnic issue in the sight of a Sri Lankan citizen. He clearly …show more content…

Dr. Jayatilleka mention that though the armed conflict and ethnic crisis are inter – linked and interactive, they had to be distinguished and should be conceptually demarcated. This statement has given widely spread over view and eye opener to most of the people who have been confused by these two terms and often mix them try to treat as a one. Therefore if someone who is Tamil or Sinhala read this book carefully will be able to identify the real face of LTTE terrorism and elaborate their acts.

6. ‘Long War, Cold Peace’ provide a solid shelter and a better background to the GoSL on their obligation of defeating the terrorism by the war. However the book was strongly criticized by pro LTTE scholars in many forums even Cyber space. But Dr. Jayatilleka constructively elaborated that how Prabhakaran was repeatedly given opportunity to find a political solution by each Governments and how stubborn or stupid or ignorant he (Prabhakaran) was to waste all the chances and continue his process.

7. Trough out this book Dr. Jayatilleka compares and contrast international issues with Sri Lankan scenario. He took examples from other states and non-state actors whenever necessary. Sometimes I felt that this deviate or distract the reader from the original story. However his vast knowledge and experience on geopolitics reflected in each chapter in this

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