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Paradise Afire - The Sri Lankan War: Volume 1 - 1971-1987 (Asia@War) by Tom Cooper, Adrien Fontanellaz is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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When released into independence from Great Britain in 1948, the stunningly beautiful island of Ceylon, renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, was expected to become a sort of 'South Asian Singapore.' However, stable political order and bright economic prospects proved insufficient to maintain peace. A host of unsolved ethnic conflicts and social inequalities conspired to erupt into an armed conflict in 1971.<br> <br> When this broke out the entire Sri Lankan society was shocked to its core by a large-scale
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- Author
- Tom Cooper, Adrien Fontanellaz
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781913118440
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Military History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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